Stomacher
1760s
Switzerland
©The Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by Toru Kogure
Chatelaine bag
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Camellia Countessa - Nicole Dextras
I am completely in love with this artist’s work!
Visit her website to take a look at more photos from this series and what happens to the dress after three months.
Book Giveaway!
In honor of a certain 18th century related American holiday on Monday, it’s time for a giveaway!
Enter to win a copy of Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Detail by Avril Hart and Susan North. Just leave a comment with your favorite aspect of America in the Eighteenth Century. One winner will be chosen randomly on July 4th. Be sure your comment includes your email address. US participants only for this giveaway.
Bag
Russian
1740-1770
The Costume Institute at the Met Museum
Gown and petticoat, Mantua
“This is an example of a woman’s formal day ensemble in Britain in the late 1730s. Elbow-length sleeves with a deep pleated cuff characterised the mantua, or gown, during this decade. Looped-up and draped bodice skirts and a pinned-up train are typical features of a mantua. The silk design represents an early example of the new patterns of the 1730s, which emphasised the three-dimensional nature of the forms. The dark, rich colours seen here were popular during the early decades of the 18th century.” - Victoria and Albert Museum
Suit, 1774–92
French (Paris)
Silk
”The embroidery with silk floss was executed à la disposition, created in predetermined pattern shapes, thus to accord fully with the silhouette and outlines of the suit. Even the embroidered buttons reiterate on a secondary scale the florals of the jacket.”
via - Met Museum
Dress (Robe à l’anglaise), 1785–87
French
Ivory and pink striped silk taffeta
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century
