Morning robe à l'Anglaise with amadis sleeves, coupé petticoat with a large volant of muslin, kerchief with double row of trimming. This woman is coiffed with a hat of long-haired Vicuna with a ribbon around it. (1782) This plate is from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 44.1547.
Category: Galerie des Modes
Galerie des Modes, 34e Cahier bis, 3e Figure
Robe à l'Anglaise, rétroussé to give ease in dancing. (1782) "In 1768, in its December issue, the Courrier de la Mode recommended as particularly favorable for balls, "English dress", with fitted sleeves, sabot cuffs trimmed with gauze, with a gauze apron without a bib* and bows on the shoes: such is still the costume of … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 34e Cahier bis, 3e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 34e Cahier bis, 2e Figure
I don't entirely understand this section, nor the next - the 34th, 38th, and 39th books are listed as having second versions that fit in, date-wise, after the 40th. But as they are here, I will still show them. (Except the ones which I can't find anywhere, such as the first in this section.) Full robe a … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 34e Cahier bis, 2e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 40e Cahier, 6e Figure
Deshabille a l'Anglaise of taffeta, trimmed flat with a band of gauze edged with a gauze frill; the Camisole is made with basques, edged in the same manner, as is the turned-down collar. The Coiffure is a peasant cap. (1782) This plate is from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 44.1543. There is a duplicate … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 40e Cahier, 6e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 40e Cahier, 5e Figure
Robe a l'Anglaise, amadis sleeves, the waist tightened with a Levite belt, the petticoat worn over a bouffante. (1782) This plate is from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 44.1542.
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