Dress called à la Créole, composed of what the French Ladies in America wear: it is a large muslin gown with fitted sleeves that tighten at the cuff; the gown is a little fitted at the waist and freed around the throat in the taste of a shift: it is however very easy and open … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 27e Cahier, 5e Figure
Category: 18th century
Galerie des Modes, 27e Cahier, 4e Figure
Young Lady holding her infant in her arms; she is dressed in a caraco à la Polonaise with bands and piping in another color: the bands are edged with a little blonde lace. She is coiffed with a pretty straw hat edged with ribbon, with a trimming of gauze in the shape of a mushroom, … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 27e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 27e Cahier, 3e Figure
Robe à la Turque or type of Circassienne, but different than the others; it has a collar like a Lévite, and a very large white scarf knotted at the waist: the petticoat is coupé: no trimming. This gown, which we will show in profile and from the back, attracted all the eyes of the Public, … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 27e Cahier, 3e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 27e Cahier, 2e Figure
Changeable taffeta gown, trimmed with white taffeta with a chiné print in diverse colors, and decorated with blonde lace on the edges of the trimming; the hat is belted with a roulé ribbon. (1779) Robe with chiné trimming. This Gown in a Polonaise, leaving the throat uncovered. It fastens in front, over a compere forming … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 27e Cahier, 2e Figure
Painting Costume Analysis: Pamela Series, Part Six
VI: Pamela Shows Mr. Williams A Hiding Place For Their Letters, Joseph Highmore, 1743-4; Fitzwilliam Museum M.Add.8 When Pamela got into Mr. B's carriage, she thought she would be taken to her parents' house, but in fact she was driven to Mr. B's other estate in Lincolnshire. Before she was under the chaperonage of Mrs. … Continue reading Painting Costume Analysis: Pamela Series, Part Six
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