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Sack-back Gown 1774-...
This type of gown or dress was characteristic of the period from 1740s-1770's. Wide pleats flow from the shoulders into a train at the back, allowing maximum display of the expensive fabric. The gown is open at the from to show off a petticoat of the same material. The material is Silk chine velvet ...
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Margaret (Peg) Woffi...
Peg Woffington was a popular actress. In the picture she is wearing lace from Flanders in a Rococo design. The oil on canvas painting may have been by Frenchman Jean-Baptiste van Loo, who came to London in 1737. The painting is contained in a Rococo frame of a slightly later date.
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Rococo dress (robe a...
This dress was made for Eva Garrick in hand painted Chinese painted silk. The malachite green and cochineal red on yellow ground are typical of Rococo dress, as is the triple sleeve ruffle. The robe was made in England but the material painted in China. It was worn around 1760-1765.
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Gown about 1800
There was a dramatic change in women's clothing after 1795. The rich fabrics and complicated and formal shapes gave way to simple light fabrics that draped easily. These dresses gave a simple tunic type profile similar to those on classical Greek and Roman statues and vases. This dress is of Muslin ...
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Lady Anne Hamilton 1...
Painted here in oil on canvas, Lady Ann was lady-in-waiting to Queen Caroline. The ermine robe in the painting shows her aristocratic status, although by this time other clothes, such as her expensive dress were becoming more available to women not of noble birth. The whole picture can be seen at th...
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Gown 1780-1785
This gown of block printed cotton was possible due to technological developments in the spinning and waving of cotton thread, which meant better quality cotton was available for the textile printers to use. The fine material was also better suited to the softer less structured styles that developed ...
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The Dandy
To the Aristocratic dandies the tying and arrangement of the cravats (neck tie) and arrangement of the hair, or hair pieces, was important. This is a picture of Gilbert Eliot painted by Daniel Gardner.
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Regency Costume
A family in Regency Costume.
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Geogrian Women's Clo...
Two sisters in Geogrian Dress
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Mantua or Court Dres...
This mantua and petticoat illustrates the grandest style of court dress. The wearer had to go sideways through doors but the dress had a large area to display decoration. The flowers here are botanically accurate and were a feature of Rococo embroidery, along with patterned silks and printed textile...
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