#1780s

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1785 Suit (coat, waistcoat, breeches) (France)

silk velvet, silk satin, silver colored metal thread, silk

(Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin)

[cy-lindric]

Le subterfuge de Chérubin

[random-brushstrokes]

Joseph Wright of Derby - A Moonlight with a Lighthouse, Coast of Tuscany (1789)

[fawnvelveteen]

The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli, 1781

Archive Print Collector/Getty

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Marguerite Gérard (1761-1837) "The Bouquet" (c. 1783) Oil on canvas Currently in a private collection

[fashionsfromhistory]

Robe a l’Anglaise

Dress c.1748; Altered c.1780

Fashion Museum Bath via Twitter

[petitelappin]

Another one of these. A horse godmother, according to The Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, is "a large masculine woman, a gentlemanlike kind of lady". (Captain Grose also includes a definition for her younger counterpart who is a bit more familiar to modern folks, the tomboy).

[luxus-aeterna]

from this post

[frostedmagnolias]

Bodice

1780s

The John Bright Collection

[maribellablack]

The Countess and Susanna in "The Marriage Of Figaro" by Mozart, sapphic version

[artschoolglasses]

A fan printed with the names and boxes of subscribers for the 1787 and 1788 seasons at the King's Theatre.

"Renting a box at the opera for a season was a mark of social standing. These fans would have been a practical accessory in a hot theatre and useful for knowing who else might be there."

Victoria & Albert Museum

[history-of-fashion]

1774-1792 Silk court suit (French)

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Rooster, hen, and chick, 1789, Japan.

[random-brushstrokes]

Moses Haughton - An Owl (1780-90)

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Beige Floral Cotton Dress, 1780-1785, English.

Victoria and Albert Museum.

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Michel Garnier (1753-1829) "A Fashionably Dressed Young Woman in the Arcade of the Palais Royal" (1787) Oil on canvas Currently in a private collection