Court Dress of Cerise satin, the ribbon around the head of the same, the corner of gauze which is seen on the right side is black; the diamonds, pearls, and the ribbon around the neckline are white, together with the tassels of the tied-back cloak; the laces inclines to the tint of the background a … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 14e Cahier, 2e Figure
Category: 1770s
Galerie des Modes, 14e Cahier, 1ere Figure
This book, though the fourteenth in the sequence, must be placed at the beginning of the volume: it suffices to throw one's eyes over what it contains, in order to recognize in what capacity it demands that preference; it is all that one is permitted to say on the subject: one will return, for all … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 14e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Galerie des Modes, 13e Cahier, 6e Figure
Young Lady of Lyon dressed in a taffeta gown called Costume à la Piémontoise, trimmed with the same stuff. Coiffed à l'Asirienne called the Herisson, trimmed with a ribbon in a band-of-love interlaced with pearls, surmounted by a plume with a diamond fastening creating a type of Diadem. This fashion was originally taken from the … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 13e Cahier, 6e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 13e Cahier, 5e Figure
Young Lady in a Circassienne of Italian gauze with a petticoat made of the same gauze; the flounce is trimmed with a colored ribbon. She is coiffed with a kerchief-pouf cap trimmed with pearls, with a plume on the left side in the Asiatic style. (1778) Very elegant circassienne with amadis sleeves;* the bodice is … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 13e Cahier, 5e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 13e Cahier, 4e Figure
Robe à l'Anglaise of apple-green Pekin, the trim of plain gauze with a garland of flowers, a pouf cap of Italian gauze bordered with flowers, the parfait Contentement Pink, the Shoes Pink, and the rosette white. (1778) Robe à l'Anglaise: the true robes à l'Anglaise have little knife pleats in the back, held at the … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 13e Cahier, 4e Figure
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