18th Century inspiration

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Court Bodice, 1761, Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection.
Court gown, 1760s French Cloth-of-silver brocaded with silver lace trim Gift of Fédération de la Soirie, 1950 (50.168.2a,b)
Court dress [British] (C.I.65.13.1a-c) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Court dress

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Robe a la Turque Magasin des Modes, Juillet 1787

Robe a la Turque

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The Family of Phillip V of Spain by Louis Michel van Loo, 1743 detail showing the Princess of Brazil (Mariana Victoria of Spain) and the Princess of Asturias (María Bárbara of Portugal)
Dr Johnson At Cave's The Publisher, painted by Henry Wallis

paintings

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Pair of women's mitts probably Italian, 18th century Italy
Pair of woman's mitts. 18th cent. Italian. From the MFA's collection.

Mitts and gloves

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1787 Jolie femme en baigneuse du matin, pierrot à revers avec des boutons d'acier à carreaux, le juppon de mousseline unie, falbalat de la même elle tient une badine de cep de vigne.
Magasin des Modes, Mars 1789 Pierrot jacket
Pierrot jacket and embroidered petticoat, Kyoto Costume Institute, c. 1780

pierrots

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Woman's pocket, crewel wool needlework 1740-1760, with later repairs Origin: America W: 5 5/8" top- 9 1/4" bottom; L: 16 3/8" Cotton and linen embroidered with wool crewels; front lined with checked linen; backed and bound with linen. Acc. No. 1958-180 http://emuseum.history.org/view/objects/asitem/2536/131/title-asc?t:state:flow=e5481757-abcd-471c-a35b-2b4d44788335

pockets

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A blue and cream silk bodice with a floral design c. 1780. It is lined in brown linen, and all hand-stitched. The bodice is in excellent condition with a few very minor alterations, and slightly shortened sleeves. Measurements: Around waist 24" (61cm). Shoulder to waist 17" (43cm) - my note: possibly altered in the early 19th c? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DELIGHTFUL-ANTIQUE-FRENCH-SILK-BODICE-IN-BLUE-AND-CREAM-FLORAL-DESIGN-ca-1780-/111148789852
A blue and cream silk bodice with a floral design c. 1780. It is lined in brown linen, and all hand-stitched. The bodice is in excellent condition with a few very minor alterations, and slightly shortened sleeves. Measurements: Around waist 24" (61cm). Shoulder to waist 17" (43cm) - my note: possibly altered in the early 19th c? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DELIGHTFUL-ANTIQUE-FRENCH-SILK-BODICE-IN-BLUE-AND-CREAM-FLORAL-DESIGN-ca-1780-/111148789852
A blue and cream silk bodice with a floral design c. 1780. It is lined in brown linen, and all hand-stitched. The bodice is in excellent condition with a few very minor alterations, and slightly shortened sleeves. Measurements: Around waist 24" (61cm). Shoulder to waist 17" (43cm) - my note: possibly altered in the early 19th c? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DELIGHTFUL-ANTIQUE-FRENCH-SILK-BODICE-IN-BLUE-AND-CREAM-FLORAL-DESIGN-ca-1780-/111148789852

Bodices

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Late 18thC. fancy bergère hat, V&A Museum
Bergère, The Netherlands, 1750-1800. Straw, with a flat crown, grey silk ribbon with woven flowers in pink and purple, underside with a flowered satin lining.
Inside view, bergere, The Netherlands, c. 1780. Fine plaited leghorn straw, lined with mid-green silk brocade woven with sprayss of flowers in fushia, ivory, soft brown an dgold silk, with sea green silk ribbons in the backround; the ribbons also woven brocade with small flowers in peach; 42 cm diameter.

Headwear

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18th Century costume from the movie "The Duchess"

Modern made 18th C costumes and reproductions

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1718-1722 Isabel de Farnesio, reina de España by Miguel Jacinto Meléndez

portraits

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Woman's Robe à la Polonaise England, circa 1785
Detail side view, robe à la Polonaise, England, 1750-1775. Ivory, light blue, and purple striped silk brocaded with ivory thread.
Polonaise (skirt) 1780's, made of embroidered silk taft, in the collections of The Museum Center of Turku/Turun Museokeskus, Finland http://suomenmuseotonline.fi/sv/kohde/Turun+museokeskus/TMM2491%3a?freetextSearch=leninki=97

Robe à la polonaise

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Crewel work petticoat.
American (Vermont) Linen Petticoat with Wool Embroidery Mid 18th Century (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2009 Record shot by L. Baumgarten. Petticoat, detail.

Petticoats

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Dress (image 4) | British | 1780 | silk | Metropolitan Museum of Art | Accession Number: C.I.X.37.33
Textile design, factory of Jean-Michel Haussmann, Colmar, 1797. When I saw this I went wow, because I have a modern fabric in exactly the same pattern but blue!
Textile design, London, c.1730.

Textiles

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Quilted yellow silk morning dress (front), Danish, 1778. This ensemble was probably part of the trousseau of Marie Dorothea Cortsen, and was worn by her to receive visitors the morning after her wedding to clergyman Nicolai Clausen, in Aalborg. At the time, the social classes were divided into four states, each with its own duties and privileges: the peasantry, the civic order, the ecclesiastical order, and the nobility. The clerics were among the better-off in society, and therefore had to follow fashion to some extent.
Ensemble: ca. 1720-1750, Norwegian, silk satin, embroidered with silk thread.
Brunswick, quilted silk satin lined with silk, 1760-70, English.

Brunswick

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caraco Période création/exécution 4e quart 18e siècle Lieu de conservation Paris ; Galliera musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris
Caraco 4th quarter 18th century, 1785-1790, Jacket- cotton printed white wooden board, Paris, Galliera Fashion Museum of the City of Paris - I've been working on block-printing textiles and I'm seriously considering trying this one this spring. It'll take a few blocks, but its worth it.
front closure detail: PLAID SILK CARACO JACKET, c. 1770

Caraco

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Blue and gold brocade mantua (front), English, c. 1730-40. Tredgar House.
Mantua, ca. 1745; Springhill Costume Collection, UKNT 604874
ca. 1708 Mantua bustle From www.metmuseum.org:collections:search-the-collections:80002978?img=7#fullscreen

Mantuas

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Fashioning the Early Modern » Workshop 2 Petticoat 1739-1749, salmon red and yellow, silk, embroidery and quilt.
Back view, quilted petticoat, England, 1750-1775. Pale ice blue silk satin quilted with large leaf pattern at hem.
Quilted petticoat, England, 1750-1775. Pale ice blue silk satin quilted with large leaf pattern at hem.

Quilted petticoats

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A rare brocaded silk robe à la Piémontaise, 1770s, the silk woven with delicate foliate stripes, the bodice with tabbed front hem, trimmed in tufted pink, brown, green and gold fly braid, with padded, ruched bands to the front skirt openings, pleated drape falling desending over the fourreau back and culminating in polonaised skirt drapes, two silk covered buttons to the rear waist, bust approx 92cm, 36in

Robe à la Piémontaise

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Detail back view, robe à l'Anglaise, 1770s. Silk woven in robin's-egg blue cannele silk with silver thread blooms and silk rose sprigs, silver thread undulations within the ivory stripes.
"Robe à l'Anglaise, the bodice laced in the back, the skirt is tucked up,* the sleeves of a color different from that of the Gown, the whole edged with a very narrow ribbon of any desired color." (1784)
Fashion 18th Century ball gown dress ensemble costume circa from 1752-1775. Made from very fine silk, lace and trim with embroidered small flower floral pattern in off white woven into the pale blue background. Hat decorated with millinery flower.

Robe à l'anglaise

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Spitalfields silk brocade robe á la Française (dressed á la Polonaise) with fly fringe trim, English, c. 1760-80. To dress a robe à la Polonaise is to use ribbons or cords to tie the skirt into three poufs. This style was reportedly created in response to the country of Poland being divided into three kingdoms. Fly fringe is a form of knotting (a common pastime among privileged women) that developed in the 18th century, consisting of tiny silk floss fringes, tufts and miniature tassels.
Woman's Robe à la Française France, textile circa 1750, constructed circa 1760. @LACMA
Woman's Robe à la Francaise England, circa 1760

Robe à la française

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Stays, back view, 1760-1780, Centre de Documentació i Museu Tèxtil.

stays

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Silver grey waistcoat with floral embroidery, 1750. Gorgeous! The Earl of Salt Hendon would wear this. The MET
Gentleman's Ensemble - detail of waistcoat buttons. Date: ca. 1765 French Medium: silk, metal
Waistcoat 1780, French, Made of silk

mens - waistcoats

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Pair of Engageantes France, circa 1770 Costumes Linen needle lace (point d'Alençon) a) 39 x 6 3/4 in. (99.06 x 17.15 cm); b) 39 x 3 in. (99....
Sleeve ruffle, double, whitework 1760-1785 Origin: England or Europe Length at deepest part of ruffle: 12"; circumference around band: 11" C...
Pair of Lace Engageantes Probably England, circa 1760 Costumes; Accessories Linen embroidery (darning stitch and pulled fabric work) on cott...

engageantes

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Fichu
POLYCHROME & GILT EMBROIDERED FICHU, 1780s
Fichu (rectangular)England, circa 1780-1785Costumes; AccessoriesWhite cotton padded satin and stem stitch embroidery on white cotton mull; narrow bobbin lace edging109 1/2 x 19 in. (278.13 x 48.26 cm)

fichus

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c1780-1800, Provence France. Quilted calico cloak originating from Arles . Pleats decorate the base and sides of the hood. Top calico is a french violine and manganese mignonette. This large cloak is fully hemmed with a silk "puce" ribbon. The quilting diamonds are very tight and small. The inner lining consists of a dyed indigo toile, imitating the Indian early toile called "chafarcanis". Measures: height 112 cm, the bottom 285 cm, 100 cm circumference hood | Villa Rosemaine
such a useful detail of the inside of a hood!! New England late 18thC cloak, probably made in England. Deerfield, Massachusetts, belonged to a woman who lived 1761-1837.
A fine chintz cloak 1790s, chocolate brown chintz with a cream and turquoise floral print, the hood and edges deeply pleated, and lined in cream flannel with a scarlet floral print and a tan print cotton. Christies

outerwear

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