The lady seen here is wearing the fashionable style of sleeves called "leg-of-" this
This style of sleeve became popular in the late 1840s and lasted through to the 
.... wore a green cutaway jacket with brass buttons, such as may be often seen in
... [DOC] [TLE] Fashion In The 1890s - The Ladies Treasury of Costume and Fashion [PAR] An alternative to the gored skirt was the one-piece circular skirt, called a bell, fan 
... the seeds of a more wearable dress than had been seen for several decades, 
and it ...