Teodolinda and Margarita Carletti

This photograph depicts Teodolinda and Margarita Carletti (mother and daughter) c. 1880. Teodolinda is wearing a long-sleeved dress with a collar. The dress appears to be made of a bright, light material with stripes and many folds on the lower part. She is also wearing a jacket made from a dark thick fabric. The jacket is decorated on the cuffs and the buttonholes with appliqué embroidery. She has an elaborate coiffure, with most of her hair pinned up, while part of it is falling on the right shoulder and her back. She is also wearing small earrings. Margarita is wearing a dress and a sleeved jacket similar in style to her mother’s, however it has a light colour and it is made of a different material, which seems to be the same with the fabric of the dress.