Pretty Woman running to the rendez-vous of Love. She is dressed in a light Gown and coiffed with a morning Baigneuse, etc. etc. "In the shop of M. Granche are found the following objects: "Watch-chains, in gold, with beads, faceted, in the steel type, and several jewels of the same work. " ... Watch cord, … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 60e Cahier, 2e Figure
Author: Cassidy Percoco
Galerie des Modes, 60e Cahier, 1ere Figure
The pretty Mama in the Jardin du Roi, in an Informal morning Gown, with her little child dressed à l'Americaine. "Women's hanging hair spoils coaches and armchairs, but one loves to see this ornament of their heads floating and caressing their belts; there are no beautiful women without long hair." SEBASTIEN MERCIER, Tableau de Paris, … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 60e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Galerie des Modes, 3e Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 6e Figure
Robe de Cour à la Turque, Oriental coiffure with aigrettes and plumes, etc. Furnishings made by Rose Bertin, modiste to the Queen, for the Countess d'Ogeras. "1786, 1st February. - The trimming of a robe à la Turque of pink and black striped velvet, the parements trimmed with a band of white satin, striped with pearls, edged … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 3e Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 6e Figure
MMA Exhibition: the Interwoven Globe
This week, I was lucky enough to go down to the city (more on that another time) and see a current exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500 – 1800. It's a very grand show, and I highly recommend visiting it if you're in the area. While the mounted carpets, … Continue reading MMA Exhibition: the Interwoven Globe
Galerie des Modes, 3e Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 5e Figure
Robe de Cour with its hoop, trimmed as Jacob's Ladder. "Court dress requires that women, on the presentation days, have uncovered shoulders. This was formerly a handsome spectacle; it has since changed. Ambition nourished women's embonpoint and seemed to augment their youthfulness. Today one would say that this same ambition desiccates them and makes them thinner: … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 3e Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 5e Figure
Mimic of Modes 