Thursday, March 7, 2019

Original Dress: 1740-1750 Polychrome Brocade Gown, Remade

Polychrome brocade gown with stomacher, skirt open at the center front to show a white petticoat quilted in an diamond design.
English Woman's Dress, 1740-1750
MFA, Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
A robe ala Francais or sacque gown, remade in the 1740s as an English gown (the main difference being the close-fitting back versus having flowing folds the fabric). Speaking of which, check out that fabric: polychrome brocade on a white ground, with silver and gold threads.
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