The young and amiable Cephise dressed en Amazone and coiffed with a hat trimmed with aigrettes and panaches. 1. Hat edged with flowers, surmounted with gauze and trimmed with ribbons and pearls. 2. Hat trimmed with oval sequins with two follette* plumes. 3. Hat à la Harpie, trimmed with flowers, and surmounted with gauze. (1786) "Women come … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 51e Cahier, 4e Figure
Category: 1780s
Galerie des Modes, 51e Figure, 3e Figure
Young Lady dressed in a caraco à la Berrot with a trained petticoat, holding in her hand a little switch. 1. Cap trimmed with a ribbon pleated down the length. 2. Hat à la Harpie.* 3. Hat trimmed with plumes and ribbons. (1786) "It is true that Zulmé was dressed in a caraco and a petticoat … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 51e Figure, 3e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 51e Cahier, 2e Figure
Young person dressed in a light gown and coiffed with a hat with zig-zags surmounted by two plumes. 1. Ribbon streamer trimmed with aigrettes and rooster plumes. 2. Galant hat. 3. New baigneuse seen from the back. (1786) Accessories made for the Countess Gabriel by Rose Bertin: "1784, January 28. - A coiffed hat edged … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 51e Cahier, 2e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 51e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Young person coiffed with a hat au Vauxhall in the latest taste and dressed in a flowered taffeta gown. (1786) "It is unnecessary for us to say that since Pentecost men, like women, have worn taffeta. We would say that women have also taken on summer gowns, if we hadn't announced all the gowns that … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 51e Cahier, 1ere Figure
The Last 18th Century Patterning Visit*
(* until I become a big name and they let me pattern at the Met and I do a second edition of the book with MMA 1991.6.1a, b in it**) (** and until I start patterning outerwear and underwear, so maybe this was a poor choice of title) I actually made a visit prior to this … Continue reading The Last 18th Century Patterning Visit*
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