PLATE III. It represents a Woman coiffed in a cap à la Laitiere, trimmed with a dark green ribbon. Accommodage with two curls, the chignon underneath. Earrings, as plaquettes. Plain kerchief, of Italian gauze. Fourreau with collar, à l'Anglaise, of the color King's eye, edged with white ribbon à la Jannette. The Fourreau is tied in front with … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 3e Cahier, 3e Planche
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The Fourreau
When people are discussing eighteenth-century gown styles, the fourreau does not rank alongside the polonaise and turque; in fact, it never seems to come up at all. The main, traditional meaning of fourreau was for a child's dress. In Garsault's L'Art de la Lingere, infants are described as wearing various pieces of the layette until they reach … Continue reading The Fourreau
Galerie des Modes, 61e Cahier, 2e Figure
The tranquil Egle dreaming of the inclination of her heart. She is Dressed in a Fourreau à l'Enfant and Coiffed à la Flore. " ... The courtesans in the realm give the tone and are copied at will by other women, of some condition that they could be. Lais* going out to an orgy perceives that … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 61e Cahier, 2e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 52e Cahier, 2e Figure
Lady of distinction in a morning fourreau with a brocaded gauze belt: she is coiffed with a galant hat, her hair in little curls and her chignon hanging. (1787) "Ladies still dress in very long fourreaux. It is not permitted to make them, as at other times, in silk fabrics, or in colored linen: they … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 52e Cahier, 2e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 47e Cahier, 3e Figure
Pretty Woman walking alone in her garden to avoid all dissipations, she engages herself entirely with sweet ideas that pleasure presents to her; this makes these flattering images which render her an agreeable solitude: she is coiffed with a hat called à la Charlotte; over her long gown she has a pelisse lined with fur … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 47e Cahier, 3e Figure
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