X: Pamela and Lady Davers, Joseph Highmore, 1743-4; National Gallery of Victoria 1117-3 One would think that Pamela's troubles would be over after her marriage: after all, most of her problems stemmed from her "courtship". However, Mr. B's family is still a hurdle to get over. His sister, Lady Davers, does not approve of Pamela's … Continue reading Painting Costume Analysis: Pamela Series, Part Ten
Category: 18th century
Galerie des Modes, 55e Cahier, 1ere Figure
1. Plain taffeta morning gown. 2. Hat à la Harpie. 3. Sabots foures* à la Chinoise. 4. Shoes and Sabots of different types. (1787) "I am too much of a friend to the beautiful sex not to let them know ... how much I fear them falling from the smallness of the heels in fashion … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 55e Cahier, 1ere Figure
Galerie des Modes, 54e Cahier, 6e Figure
Young élégante dressed in a pierrot with pockets and redingote sleeves, plain muslin petticoat, flowered linen apron: coiffed with a beaver hat. (1787) "... This woman is frisé like men, with three curls on the forehead at each side, a broad, squared grecque, and a large cadogan in the back. "One sees that the hat is bent … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 54e Cahier, 6e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 54e Cahier, 5e Figure
Young woman dressed in a summer redingote in red wool trimmed with fashionable buttons, chignon à la conseillere with a steel coulant:* straw hat trimmed with ribbons. (1787) "As far as we've looked into antiquity, we cannot remember having ever seen women's fashion being the same as men's in color, as well as the form … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 54e Cahier, 5e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 54e Cahier, 4e Figure
Pretty woman in a morning baigneuse, pierrot with revers and diamond-shaped steel buttons, the petticoat of plain muslin, flounce of the same: she holds a grapevine cane. (1787) Costume of the Marquise. - "Pierrot and petticoat of embroidered linen, trimmed with lace, pink underpetticoat, kerchief trimmed with seven collars per side; hat à la caravanne, two … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 54e Cahier, 4e Figure
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