Pelisse lévite with cuffs and Collar trimmed with ermine, the petticoat of spotted white Satin, the muff of the same trimmed with bands of ermine, and the Belt also of ermine, the Pouf surmounted with batiste flowers and plumes. This Gown was worn by a Lady of quality during the Mourning for M. Thérèse of … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 37e Cahier, 6e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 37e Cahier, 5e Figure
Grey second mourning suit lined with black, edged with a black gance, the white vest embroidered with black, fringed manchettes. (1781) "One knows a point called the precise time that it is necessary to grieve for the loss of a father and mother, grandfather and grandmother, husband and wife, brother and sister. Not only the … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 37e Cahier, 5e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 37e Cahier, 4e Figure
Manner of wearing informal mourning. Vest of white silk embroidered with black, under a black coat of silk or wool. Stockings of white silk. Fringed linen. (1781) The Galerie des Modes gave this plate of a mourning outfit and the one reproduced as number 162 on the occasion of the death of Marie-Thérèse of Austria, … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 37e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 37e Cahier, 3e Figure
Black polonaise or informal gown that can be worn in Grand mourning. The muff is of black plumes according to etiquette. Grey pelisse edged with swansdown. (1781) This plate is from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 44.1521.
How's Your Weekend?
Yesterday evening, I went on an unusual date to "Expo 1920s", a program put on by undergraduates at the Russell Sage's Women's Studies Center and the Rensselaer County Historical Society. (Visiting that campus in Troy makes me almost wish I'd gone to a private college! SO BEAUTIFUL.) I had no idea what to expect, as … Continue reading How's Your Weekend?
