June 1, 1787 PLATE II. 1. A Woman in a Robe à la Turque, of a pearl grey Indian taffeta, edged with a black silk Ribbon. This Woman is in second mourning. On her head, she wears a straw Hat, black, trimmed around the crown with striped black gauze made in diamond points. A pink … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 14e Cahier, 2e Figure
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La Petite Oye Update
When I started my Etsy shop last March, I wanted to make la petite oye: all of the white cotton or linen accompaniments for respectable dress in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. I first started with sleeve ruffles - simple things, and not easy to find - and then I added two Regency chemisette options and … Continue reading La Petite Oye Update
Cabinet des Modes, 14e Cahier, 1ere Planche
June 1, 1786 If someone complains of the great variety of Fashions, of the great rapidity with which they succeed each other, and of the expense that they seem required to entail, because there is not time to wear its coats, and it is necessary to replace them all of a sudden with others; he … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 14e Cahier, 1ere Planche
Cabinet des Modes, 13e Cahier, 3e Planche
May 15, 1786 PLATE III. AS we propose to give the different Pieces of silverwork which are put on Tables for Meals, we have shown in this 3rd Plate an End of Table in silver. Ordinarily one puts divided Pepper and Salt Cellars in the middle of Tables, and at the ends united Pepper and Salt … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 13e Cahier, 3e Planche
Cabinet des Modes, 13e Cahier, 2e Planche
PLATE II. THE COAT and Vest of the Man shown in this plate, are of a spring velvet, with a lemon ground, green stripes, and lilac spots. The Buttons which trim the Coat and Vest, are enameled and spotted with a color matching the ground of the Coat, and they are edged with false white stones. … Continue reading Cabinet des Modes, 13e Cahier, 2e Planche
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