Woman of Majorca, Spain, 19th century. She is in mourning, and wears a black cornette (veil, wimple and fichu) and long black dress. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an Susan Muncey 19th Century Mourning dress: clothing customs to commemorate the dead 1891 1893 Emile Pingat, Black Day Dress Fashion History Timeline Dressed in Black: 19th Century Frock Flicks Dressed in Black: 19th Century Frock Flicks Historic black wedding dress in Texas museum reveals 19th century immigrant tradition