Margarita Eramian

The photograph shows Margarita Eramian (née Carletti, 1868-1954) leaning on the back of a luxurious armchair, the same piece of furniture with that was shown in the previous photograph. However, in this photograph Margarita is older and dressed appropriately, according to her age. She is wearing a floor-length, western-style elaborate dark-coloured dress with long narrow sleeves and a high neckline. The pleated drapery of the front part of the skirt is gathered at the back, where the dress becomes more voluminous. Apparently, Margarita is wearing a bustle, a padded undergarment used to add fullness, or to support the drapery at the back of women’s dresses, according to the fashion in the mid- to late- 19th century. The underskirt of the dress is showing a much more structured fabric that is contrasting with the upper layer and also correlates with the same decorative fabric that is placed on a vertical strip down the front of her dress. The outfit is completed with pearl bracelets on both her wrists, earrings and a small hat (?) on top of her caught-up dark hair.