August 15, 1786 PLATE III. WHAT we should add to what we have said on Coaches, in the eleventh Issue, is that it is generally thought that it is Louis XIV who first put glass in his, and in Post Chaises. Before him only leather or wood doors were used, which were not entirely closed, … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 19e Cahier, 3e Figure
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Cabinet des Modes, 19e Cahier. 2e Figure
August 15, 1786 PLATE II. One wears successively caracos of white muslin, with pink stripes or white satin stripes, and caracos of taffeta, or of another colored stuff. None has pleased us more than the slightly light puce caraco, accompanied by a pink taffeta petticoat. There is no doubt that this is only what we … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 19e Cahier. 2e Figure
Cabinet des Modes, 19e Cahier. 1ere Figure (2)
August 15, 1786 See the IST PLATE: it represents a Woman dressed in a man's redingote, with three large collars falling on her shoulders. This redingote is of dark slate blue taffeta. It should be of a King's blue color; but it seems that taffeta cannot perfectly take this color. The bodice is separated from the rest of the body … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 19e Cahier. 1ere Figure (2)
Cabinet des Modes, 19e Cahier. 1ere Figure (1)
August 15, 1786 It dominates today, this Fashion hat we should have predicted at the end of the fifteenth Issue. As we would thus say it, women come as close as they can to our practices. They currently wear coats, as they engage in men's occupations; with this difference, however, that they seem only to … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 19e Cahier. 1ere Figure (1)
Cabinet des Modes, 18e Cahier, 3e Figure
August 1, 1786 PLATE III. TWO Women's Busts. 1. One, in a yellow caraco, has her head covered with a straw hat, natural color, tinted around with a ribbon au Diadême, and on the underside a thousand pink points. The crown of the hat, very-puffed, is of pink crêpe. Two large bows, made with wide … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 18e Cahier, 3e Figure
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