Powerhouse Collection Mourning dress with gloves worn by Amelia Hackney, c. 1857 Queen Victoria wore mourning from the death of her husband, Prince Albert (1819 1861), until her own death. With these standards in place, it was considered a social requisite to don black Historic Mourning Clothes on View at the Costume Institute Architectural Digest Vintage Victorian Dark Romantic Black Silk Mourning Dress With Cape By 1850s Shop THRILLING 1915 1920s Black Silk Day mourning Dress Bust 35 Waist 30 Etsy