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: 18th century
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
Galerie des Modes, 50e Cahier, 6e Figure
Servant woman, in a caraco à la Pierrot with a petticoat of particolored taffeta, covered by a spotted apron behind the petticoat. 1, 2, 3. Fashionable hats in the newest taste. (1786) "Zulmé shined well in a muslin caraco, all simple, all plain; and do you want, Zélis, to shine with the same brilliance? No … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 50e Cahier, 6e Figure
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