Court Dress in winter trimmed with furs, etc.  "... The trimming of a grand presentation dress, trimmed with six coquilles of filet an ell long, embroidered with very rich stones, the coquilles embroidered with a fringe with tassels of gold and silver, the bottom of the skirt edged with a foot of black velvet and a … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 1er Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 5e Figure

Grande Robe de Cour trimmed with two different types of borders, etc. etc. "The trimming of a full dress is of pink velvet, the petticoat edged with a large bias strip of pink satin striped with black velvet: a volant of richly striped English gauze, edged at the bottom with embroidered gauze; a black velvet on the … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 1er Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 4e Figure

Grand Robe de Cour in the Asiatic taste, decorated with gauze and garlands of oak. Detail of different grandes robes. - "1785, January 2. - The trimming of a pink and black satin gown, the parement edged with a pleated frill of black lace with a great height, fond d'Angleterre for border, a heavy chicory of … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 1er Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 3e Figure

Full dress of the Court Ball, with sleeves à la Gabrielle etc.* "February 27, 1785. - The queen declared: "That in the month of November she would be thirty years old; that nobody in all likelihood could avoid it; that her project was to remove from her parure the parts which could only be fitting for … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 1er Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 2e Figure

Robe de Cour pulled up on the right side with a ribbon bow, and decorated with garlands; the left side falls in the usual way: it is trimmed and decorated with pearls and laurels.* "One could venture, without fear of being contradicted, that it is hardly in practice today for Women to wear gowns of … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 1er Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 1ere Figure