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Burnous captured from Napoleon’s baggage train after the Battle of Waterloo, 1815

From the Royal Collection

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Evening dress from La Belle Assembleé, 1811

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1813.

There is nothing I don’t like about this dress - the low V-back, the lace-like edges, the different fabric on the sleeves, the SHEER LOWER SKIRT PANEL! Omg. Such a fan. (and those SHOES!)

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From the Napoleon and the Empire of Fashion Exhibition

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Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres- Portrait of Madame Guillaume Guillon Lethiere, born Marie Joseph Honoree Vanzenne, and Her Son Lucien Lethiere

source: sightswithin

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A court dress of black velvet, c. 1810-1820. (via christies.com)

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1820’s Fashion. Pink/Red Dresses. Part 3/3 (via)

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Round Gown, most likely British, ca. 1798

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1820’s Fashion. Blue Dresses. Part 1/3 (via)

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Ingres - Henriette Harvey and Her Half Sister, Elizabeth Norton 1804

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Costume Parisien, 1813. (Source.)

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French regency dress of red net with high waist, puff sleeves, and Kashmir-inspired motif at the hem, in the posession of the Musée Historique de Tissu de Lyon

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1805-1810 [ca]

Blue silk regency gown with embroidery and spencer Jacket 

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Marie-Denise Villers,Portrait of Young Woman Drawing,detail,1801.

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Date: 1812-1816

Empire style; red crepe silk woven with small sprigs; additional woven decorative floral border at hem.

Judith Throckmorton Ball Singleton wore this dress in Winchester, Virginia. She was born March 14, 1775. Her father, William Ball, owned a plantation the family called “Chapel Green” on the Shenandoah River in what is now Clarke County. She was related to many prominent Virginia families. Judith’s grandfather, George Ball, was George Washington’s second cousin. Her mother died when she was an adolescent, and her father remarried. In 1797 Judith married James Singleton, an ambitious local man. She and her husband were appointed as guardians of her two younger siblings when her father died. She and James had eight children, three of whom died as children. Their son, James Washington Singleton, became a successful Illinois lawyer, businessman, and prize stock farmer. His military and political service included two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Over the years they increased the amount of land they owned. Besides their house in Winchester, they built a house on their farm “Paxton,” just outside Winchester. They also had another farm called “River Farm,” previously owned by Judith’s father. The years 1810 to 1815 were the most prosperous years of their lives. The 1810 Census shows that they owned 35 slaves, both field hands and household servants. James Singleton also served in the Virginia House of Delegates for several terms and was an officer in the Virginia militia, rising to the rank of general. He died suddenly in 1815 when an epidemic swept the area. She wore this dress during this prosperous period. She lived until 1852, living most of the time with her daughter and son-in-law. The dress itself is deceptively simple in its construction. A careful examination shows that it was probably made by a skilled dressmaker. The bodice was cut on the bias so it would stretch over the bust; the creation and insertion of the “poufs” required considerable sewing skills.

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Date: 1815-1825

This dress belonged to Judith Hays Myers of Richmond, Virginia. Born September 2, 1767, in Boston, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of Moses Michael Hayes, a prominant businessman in Boston and his wife Rachel. On September 21, 1796, she became the second wife of Samuel Myers of Virginia-the same day that her sister, Sally, married Samuel’s brother, Moses. Part of a small, and active, Jewish community in Richmond, Samuel was known for his civic involvement. Judith and Samuel had six children and also cared for two of Samuel’s nieces. Many years later her granddaughter described her as “small, dark, pretty and pleasing, and idolized by her children.” Judith died February 2, 1844, and is buried in Richmond. Her dress is very plain, but is made of a very heavy silk satin, befitting her status as the wife of a middle-aged merchant.