Sunday 24 March 2019

Robes à la Française: 1750's

Yellow & Orange


French silk gown, 1750's



Possibly English, 1750's

Robe à la française, ca 1750’s England (London), Royal Ontario Museum

Overdress of a woman’s 3 piece dress (robe à la française)EnglishSilk extended tabby (gros de Tours) with liseré self-patterning and brocading in silver lamella and filécirca 1750sRococoArea of OriginDetail back view, robe à la francaise (sack dress), English (London, Spitalfields), c. 1750s. Silk extended tabby (gros de Tours) with liseré self-patterning and brocading in silver lamella and filé.




European, 1750-75




German silk gown, 1750's



Pink & Red

French silk gown, 1750-75




Unknown origin, c. 1750




Blue

Silk gown of unknown origin, 1750's

omgthatdress: “ Robe à la Française 1750-1760 Musée Galliera de la Mode de la Ville de Paris ”



Italian gown, 1750-75




Green

Possibly French, 1750's

Robe à la française: ca. 1750-1760, French, silk damask taffeta, lined with linen, trimmed. Item Number GAL1958.86.1B.


French silk gown, c. 1750




French, 1750-75



Unknown origin, 1750



White

French gown, 1750-75

Dress Date: 1750–75 Culture: French Medium: cotton Accession Number: C.I.64.32.3a, bDress Date: 1750–75 Culture: French Medium: cotton Accession Number: C.I.64.32.3a, b


Swiss gown, 1750's

fripperiesandfobs: “ Robe à la française, 1750’s-60’s From the Swiss National Museum ”


French gown of Chinese silk, 1755

fripperiesandfobs: “ Robe a la francaise ca. 1755-60 From the Philadelphia Museum of Art ”


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2 comments:

  1. Miles McGrath7 April 2019 at 01:27

    Is it true that the Palace of Versailles would of smelled of urine and feces when the French Royal Court was living there?

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    1. Louise Boisen Schmidt8 April 2019 at 22:55

      Without sanitation the like of which we are used to, there would have been a whiff but it is probably not to the extent that we imagine. However, there were plenty other scents to rival that of human excrements such as flowers (the numbers of which should not be underestimated), orange and lemon trees, perfumes, soaps, incense etc.

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