#18th century dresses

[empirearchives]

18th century dresses at Malmaison in France. Current exhibition from the Château de Bois-Préau: 1769, Corsica at the Birth of Napoleon Bonaparte

For several years, the National Museum of the House of Bonaparte in Ajaccio, Napoleon's birthplace where his family lived since the end of the 15th century, has been exploring with talent the history of Corsican society, the architecture of patrician houses, their furnishings and the art of living in Corsica in the 18th century.

For the first time, the synthesis of this work will be presented at the National Museum of châteaux des Malmaison and Bois-Préau on the ground floor of the newly restored Château de Bois-Préau.

[artschoolglasses]

Dress sword, circa 1790, set with plaques made by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons

From the Victoria & Albert Museum

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1780 Gown (robe à l'anglaise) (Indian cotton chintz painted and block-printed, fabric made in Coromandel Coast, dress made in the Netherlands)

(Victoria and Albert Museum)

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

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

[fripperiesandfobs]

Gown ca. 1790-1810

From Cora Ginsburg

[classic-art-favourites]

Portrait of a Young Lady with a Letter by Jean-Baptiste Santerre, 1700s.

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Dress.

Date: 1730-1760

[marzipanandminutiae]

let's play "spot the undervalued historical sub-field!"

source, source, source, source, COMPLETELY UNSOURCED STORY TREATED AS A SOURCE IN ITSELF DESPITE BEING- AGAIN- NOT A SOURCE AT ALL, source, source, source...

being a clothing history specialist is fucking exhausting, guys

(also enjoy those history myths, or at least mischaracterizations. "they were SO GROSS that their hair was FULL OF VERMIN ALWAYS and they only cared enough to MAKE SPECIAL HEAD-SCRATCHERS, not DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT!!! EWWWW!!!")

[jewellery-box]

Robe à la française, 1750s.

Woven pink silk incorporating silver metal thread and silver metal strip.

Fashion Museum Bath Twitter

[frostedmagnolias]

robe à la française

c. early 1770s to early 1780s

brocaded silk trimmed with silk braid

The John Bright Collection

[historical-fashion-polls]

[jeannepompadour]

Family group portrait by Martin van Meytens the Younger, 1730-31 Sweden

[history-of-fashion]

1770-1775 Robe à la française, consisting of an overcoat and skirt

silk

(Centraal Museum, Utrecht)

[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

[fripperiesandfobs]

Round gown ca. 1795

From Kerry Taylor Auctions

[fashionsfromhistory]

Dress

c.1745; Altered c.1785-1790

Fashion Museum Bath via Twitter