mantua-making

Aug 07

Robe à l’anglaise (retrousée dans les poches)
French | 1780
Silk | Kyoto Costume Institute

Round gown
1795-1805
Source Unknown - do let me know if you know it.

Aug 04

wedding gown ca. 1799 via The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Jul 31

Overdress of a woman’s 3 piece dress (robe à la française)
English
Silk extended tabby (gros de Tours) with liseré self-patterning and brocading in silver lamella and filé
circa 1750s
RococoArea of Origin: England (London, Spitalfields)
973.399.AROM2004_1034_6

via images.rom.on.ca

Jul 30

vintagevision:

Woman’s overdress or robe à la française with petticoat
Spitalfield
Brocaded silk trimmed with lace, gauze and silk flowers
circa 1780-1785
Georgian; George III
Area of Origin: England
925.18.2.AROM2008_10350_3

via images.rom.on.ca

vintagevision:

Overdress of a woman’s robe à l’anglaise
English dress of Indian export chintz
Painted and resist-dyed cotton tabby
Centimetres: 118.5 (width)
circa 1780
Area of Origin: England
Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles & Costume
972.202.12ROM2010_11224_3

via images.rom.on.ca

Jul 23

Robe à l’anglaise (that has been polonaised - see here for explanation)
French | c. 1780
Silk | Met

Gorgeous.

regencyera:

stellar-raven:

(c. 1795)

[via the Musée McCord Museum]

Jul 22

vintagevision asked: Thanks for keeping on the case of the people who post museum sources and don't cite them - it's poor etiquette for one thing, but also shows that they don't understand the huge amount of time, effort, and resources these often-underfunded and understaffed institutions put into making these images and information available to the public. Just ogling isn't good enough!

This, here, is the absolute truth.

Banyan
Britain | 1780-1820
Silk | V&A

defunctfashion:

Robe a la Polonaise | c. 1780-85 | American

It’s not a Robe a la Polonaise, it’s a Robe a l’anglaise that has been polonaised. There is a difference - a distinct one! Cite your sources - this is from the Met. Here’s the listing.

Mr. C Bradshaw (by Richard Cosway)
England | 1790
Watercolor portrait on ivory | Cincinnati Museum of Art

I love portraits on ivory. This one in particular is delicious.

whattheywore:

Sometime in the 18th century some lucky girl wore this.

Gorgeous color, no?

Looks like a round gown, though I can’t tell for sure. But I’d bet on it - you can’t see a line of separate skirts.

Gown
Britain (gown) & India (fabric) | 1795-1800
Hand-painted cotton | V&A

I am such a sucker for chintzes. Isn’t this lovely?

Jul 21

Open robe
England | 1795-1800
Printed cotton | V&A