1750s dress

Late last year I had the honor of receiving an invitation to a 1757 reenactment in March 2017 in Zeilitzheim. I knew I wanted a new saque fo...

“This 1750's silk dress with a brocaded floral pattern is one of our faves from the collection - it's giving us #SaturdayNight outfit envy! 💃”

"Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon the tender green, Cheers for a time but till the Sun doth show, And straight 'tis gone as it had never been." ~ Samuel Daniel (1562-1620)

Simple rococo wedding dress as a robe à l'anglaise made of silk taffeta, with small train, worn with corset and panier.

This gown was originally made as an open robe--meant to be worn with a petticoat--most likely in the 1770s. It was re-made into a round gown--the skirt was closed across the front--sometime in the mid to late 1780s. The gown is constructed from plainweave linen plate-printed in indigo with a repeating pattern of floral sprays and seashells. It was altered again, probably in the late nineteenth century, to add a row of metal hook and eye closures down the center front of the bodice. The back…

Dress ca. 1748, altered ca. 1780 From the Fashion Museum, Bath on Twitter

Georgian period and sometimes earlier. Gowns, robes or dresses of Chinese hand painted export silk, embroidered, brocade or damask. Spitalfields silk gown and lengths of Spitalfields silks. Jumps or waistcoat, a stomacher and a caracao or jacket and a quilted & embroidered petticoat. Hand knitted stockings and Georgian shoes. Chinese export silk damask skirt and Indian export apron. A cord quilted cap and Mrs Darcy's! nightshirt. A riding waistcoat and a Staymaker's bill. A rare Gentlemen's…