Polonaise suit, a little dressed-up with a satin piqué vest with colored bavaroises, bordered with gold; keystone hat folded up in the back. (1779) Reform Overcoat, or négligé Overcoat, edged en système with braid, with buttons and buttonholes of gold, ending in loops; sleeves with boot parements, held up with three functional buttonholes.  Vest with … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 19e Cahier, 2e Figure

Stukeley costume in the play Beverley, created by P. N. Sarrazin in 1777 for the theater in Nantes. (1779) Frock coat with fixed bavaroises, trimmed with zig-zag buttonholes, bordered with a cordon of fur or of braid.  Saxon collar, sleeves with a large parement of a color that contrasts with the Frock coat; the middle … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 18e Cahier, 6e Figure

Costume adopted for the Court balls and the parties given by Their Royal Highnesses the Princes, the Brothers of the King, for the Archduke of Austria.  This suit is in imitation of those from the time of Henri IV.  The slashed doublet is trimmed with réseaux around the slashes.  Pantaloons knotted under the knee with … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 18e Cahier, 5e Figure

 Costume of Count Almaviva, in the 5th act of the Barber of Seville. (1779) Ball and Theatrical dress, imitating the Spanish costume.  Three-quarter circle cape, furred with ermine, the inner border and parement of plain gold tissue, embroidered in a mosaic of silver sequins; in the center of each lozenge, gems or groups of spangles … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 18e Cahier, 4e Figure