I completely forgot about posting a fashion plate this morning - because yesterday I suddenly found out that the Chapman's grant came through and they could hire me back for another three months to work on cataloguing! I had to get up at 6:30 again and posting from the queue didn't cross my mind. (If … Continue reading Sorry, but … Yay!
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Galerie des Modes, 11e Cahier, 1e Figure
Elegant seamstress going to sell her work. (1778) Elegant seamstress, going to sell her work; one expects that she is rushing her steps, and in order to keep from overheating, or for coquetry, she has taken off her mantelet with two tapered points and hung it over her arm. Her gown is of Indian taffeta, … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 11e Cahier, 1e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 6e Figure
Gentlewoman dressed in a Caraco, coiffed with a "Doll" cap in filet lace, trimmed with streaked liserés. (1778) Type of Polonaise Caraco, entirely closed in the front and not very décolleté, also called the Caraco à la dévoté. A band of gathered gauze is the trim; the volant is very high, with two rows of … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 6e Figure
Painting Costume Analysis: Pamela Series, Part One
The novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, by Samuel Richardson, holds a special place in the western literary canon, as it marks the transition between adventure novels and character-based novels, and was extremely popular in its day, but it is now largely unknown outside of English literature classes. The story is told in epistolary form, through … Continue reading Painting Costume Analysis: Pamela Series, Part One
Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 5e Figure
Genteel woman at her toilette, folding a letter. (1778) Without extending here on the origin and antiquity of toilettes, we must confine ourselves to remark that a toilette is now an indispensable piece of furniture for all people; whether they have pretensions or are out of style. There are closed toilettes and dressed ones; the … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 10e Cahier, 5e Figure
Mimic of Modes 