Elegant Cauchoise seen from the back. She has a peasant Casaquin in Taffeta with three silver gances on the back seams, the petticoat is of matching Taffeta, a Gauze Apron with ribbon tufts. (1780) DESHABILLÉ A LA CAUCHOISE. The fifth Plate of the twenty-third Book offers the view of this dress, seen from the front; … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 6e Figure
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Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 5e Figure
This man is dressed in a winter suit of holland Rateen, lined with satin, and over it a velvet overcoat. This dress is common among opulent people who have gained a certain age. (1780) WINTER SUIT, or double Suit, in the fashion principally for persons of an advanced age. This dress consists of a full … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 5e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 4e Figure
Camisole à la Polonaise with amadis sleeves, in striped Indian stuff. Reaper's cap over a tapé accompanied by a curl. The flounce of the petticoat is in Linen with little flowers. (1780) Camisole, or bedgown à la Polonaise, serving as deshabillé. See on this subject what will be said later, in describing the sixth Figure … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 3e Figure
Cloak à l'Italienne. This fashion was taken in France around the middle of the Reign of Louis XIV, and lasted to 1745 with some variations. It seems that its convenience made it be adopted anew as generally as it was before. (1780) CLOAK A LA CAVALIERE, or perfect circle cloak, adopted a long time ago … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 3e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 2e Figure
New Circassienne in Italian Gauze, lined with Indian taffeta; it is trimmed in Gauze, pinched in coques with bouquets of delphiniums, the whole edged with an English Ribbon. The Coiffure is a toque: long hair surmounted with a toque à l'Espagnole, trimmed with Heron plumes and aigrettes. (1780) CIRCASSIENNE A LA PROVENÇALE, of Italian gauze, … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 29e Cahier, 2e Figure
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