Antique Cabinet Card 1880s Wolfe Woman Dark Corset Dress Faux Rock Grand Rapids
Cabinet Card

Antique Cabinet Card 1880s Wolfe Woman Dark Corset Dress Faux Rock Grand Rapids

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Condition
Used
Format
Cabinet Card · c. 1866–1920s
Listing location
Wichita, Kansas, US
Item ID
398334398007
Description

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Antique Cabinet Card 1880s Wolfe Woman Dark Corset Dress Faux Rock Grand Rapids

This striking antique cabinet card features a woman captured in the late 1880s by the Wolfe studio in Grand Rapids. She is posed against a faux rock backdrop, a popular studio technique of the era intended to evoke a naturalistic, outdoor atmosphere.

The subject wears a somber dark corset dress, highlighting the rigid, structured silhouette characteristic of Victorian fashion. This piece is an essential acquisition for collectors of Grand Rapids history or those documenting the evolution of professional portrait photography during the late nineteenth century.

A rare glimpse of a woman immortalized in an 1880s Wolfe studio portrait.
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