Photos: 'Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire' WSJ Mourning ensemble American The Metropolitan Museum of Art Mourning dress. Culture: American. Date: ca. 1867. "Have been all this week in a sad task making up my mourning for my dear Papa & today for the first time put it Mourning ensemble, American, 1857 60. Silk wool. In the Victorian era, there was a significant demand for formal mourning clothing, especially due to Queen Victoria's prolonged mourning for Prince Albert, during which she wore 1915 1920s Black Silk Day mourning Dress Bust 35 Waist 30 Etsy