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1805-1810 ca. Jane Austen Style, High-Waisted, White Muslin Evening Dress, Possibly French. #JaneAusten #RegencyFashion #sewing

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1805-1810 ca. High-Waisted White Muslin Evening Dress, Possibly Made in France.  Embroidered in white cotton in French knots, with collars, border, and vertical stripe in chain stitch with a design down the front of vine tendrils and acorns. Low square neck with draw-cord, ‘stomacher’ front closing over inner lining flaps. Straight cut skirt gathers at back and fastens with tape tie. Long oval train, short sleeves with ‘vandyke’ trimming.  An evening ensemble typical of the early 19th century love of Neo-classical where this high-waisted dress with short sleeves copies Greek and Roman shape and dress as seen in sculptures from the time. White muslin fabric was usually imported from India but in the case, made in Europe to imitate Indian materials.  via  Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.  collections.vam.ac.uk. https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1805-1809

Definition Van Dyke Points: V-shaped lace and trims named after a 17th Century Flemish painter, Sir Anthony Van Dyck, known for painting V-shaped lace collars and scalloped edges on sitters.

Definition Empire Style:  Named after the First Empire in France, by 1800 Empire dresses had a very low décolleté, or neckline and a short narrow backed bodice attached to a separate skirt. Skirts started directly under the bust and flowed into the classical relaxed wide styles of Greece and Rome. This style of dress is associated with Jane Austen and her contemporaries as a simple cotton high-waisted dress was worn most days and accessorized according to the importance of the occasion.

1805-1810 ca. High-Waisted White Muslin Evening Dress, Possibly Made in France. #Regency #JaneAusten #Fashion https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1805-1809
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How did people travel in Bridgerton and Jane Austen’s years? What did they take to make themselves comfortable? #Bridgerton #JaneAusten #GeorgianEra #RegencyEra #VictorianEra

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Travel and Luggage By Suzi Love History Notes Book 10. How did people travel in Bridgerton’s and Jane Austen’s times? What did they take with them to make their long journeys easier? Travel by road, ship, canal, or railway all took a long time and had dangers so people learned to prepare. And then, in the nineteenth century, road improvements, inventions, and scientific developments made travel more pleasurable. books2read.com/SuziLoveTravel

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“One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.” Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice (1813) #JaneAusten #Quote #Regency

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“One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.” Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice (1813) #JaneAusten #Quote #Regency

"One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.” Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice (1813) #JaneAusten #Quote #Regency
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1800 – 1820 ca.  Bag, Or Reticule, Dutch. Cotton, glass and with drawstring. #RegencyFashion #Holland #bag #sewing

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1800 – 1820 ca.  Bag, Or Reticule, Dutch. Cotton, glass and with drawstring. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A. metmuseum.org http://books2read.com/suziloveReticules Because reticules were so popular, Jane Austen and her family and friends and the Bridgerton family would have made reticules for each other for gifts and carried these small purses with them whenever they went out.

From Historic Dress In America: ‘Reticules were so universally carried during the first part of the nineteenth century that they were called Indispensables, and a few years later ridicules. Miss Southgate describes one in a letter in 1802, ‘Martha sent me a most elegant Indispensable, white lute-string spangled with silver…’

Definition Reticule Or Bag or Purse: Often with a drawstring to pull closed and usually made of cloth or covered cardboard and often decorated with beading or embroidery. A reticule, or purse, or handbag, was usually carried by a woman during the Regency period to carry all their daily necessities. Earlier, women used pockets that tied at the waistline and were hidden in the folds of their skirts. Empire style, or early 1800s, high-waisted dresses made it impossible to either sewn in a pocket or to tie on a pocket. So women began carrying small, decorated bags called Reticules, or ridicules, which generally pulled close at the top with a drawstring.

• Beadwork:  Attaching beads to one another by stringing with a needle and thread or thin wire, or sewing them to cloth.  Includes loom weaving, stringing, bead embroidery, bead crochet, and bead knitting.

• Embroidery:  Decorating fabrics with a needle and thread, or cloth, such as a needlepoint picture of a house or hand sewn initials. 

bag_1800 – 1820 ca. Bag, Or Reticule, Dutch. Cotton, glass and with drawstring. via Suzi Love suzilove.com and Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A. metmuseum.org

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Jane Austen Or Bridgerton Style Chatelaines or Personal Necessities. Set of useful items hung from waist by decorative chain. #bridgerton #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #Chatelaine

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Chatelaines and Chains History Notes Book 9 By Suzi Love. What do you know about Chatelaines and Chains worn in Jane Austen’s and Bridgerton times? Women in charge of households carried important items with them. History Notes Book 9 Chatelaines and Chains. books2read.com/SuziLoveChatelaines

Personal Necessities, keys, or chatelaines was a set of useful items hung from waist by decorative chain. Chatelaines and Chains. History Notes Book 9 By Suzi Love. Women in charge of households dangled long chains from their waists to keep essentials within easy reach e.g. keys, notebook and pen, watch, sewing items, vinaigrette or perfume, or magnifying glass. Early chatelaine were simple essentials. Later chatelaine were decorative and expensive. http://books2read.com/SuziLoveChatelaines

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Definition Chatelaine: The word Chatelaine is French and means the keeper of the keys. Chatelaine” derives from the Latin word for castle. In Medieval times, the chatelaine was in charge of the day-to-day running of the castle. Women in charge of households dangled long chains from their waists to keep essentials within easy reach e.g. keys, notebook and pen, watch, sewing items, vinaigrette or perfume, or magnifying glass. Early chatelaine were simple essentials. Later chatelaine were decorative and expensive. books2read.com/SuziLoveChatelaines

What did a chatelaine do? Most important task was keeper of the keys. Also ordered supplies, did bookkeeping, supervised servants, taught castle children, and organized guests.

hat were chatelaines used for?

  • Castle keepers needed keys safe, yet easily accessible.
  • By 1700’s, a metal jeweled ornament hung from pockets, attached to belts, or by hooks into skirt waistbands
  • During 1800’s, women wore large collections of tools hung from chains
  • Young girls sewed and did needlework and needed to carry sewing notions eg scissors, thimbles
  • Worn by women of all classes, from workers to nobility
  • Varied depending on class and finances.
  • Made of silver, brass, steel, leather, or fabric
  • During 19th century, fashionable dresses often had no waist and nowhere to hang chatelaines
  • Chatelaines became decorative brooches
  • Often given as a wedding present from a husband to bride
  • Later became fashion accessories
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Love the couples in the Bridgertons? Fan of Jane Austen? 1807 Fashionable French Couple In Blue and Lemon. #Bridgertons #RegencyEra #HistoricalFashion #JaneAusten

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1807 Fashionable French Couple. Man: Blue cutaway coat and yellow breeches. Lady: Lemon and blue dress and bonnet. Typical of the ensembles worn by Jane Austen and her family and friends. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.

1807 Fashionable French Couple. Man: Blue cutaway coat and yellow breeches. Lady: Lemon and blue dress and bonnet. Fashion Plate via Suzi Love ~ suzilove.com & Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
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Names For Corset Makers in Jane Austen and Bridgerton times? Lots of them including Stay Maker, Corset Maker, Body Tailor and Milliner. #janeausten #bridgerton #Corset

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There has been some discussion on the names for Corset Makers. I’ve seen lots of names, including Stay Maker, Stay Manufacturer, Corset Maker, Body Tailor and Milliner. It was mainly men who were Stay Makers, but there were also some women who included stay making with their millinery.

Corsets Overview History Notes Nonfiction Book 14. This book shows how body wraps, stays, and corsets were worn to create a variety of fashionable silhouettes through past centuries. Corsets flattened breasts and accentuated rounded hips or pushed up breasts and showed off the bust line depending on the fashions of the time and the desired silhouette. Includes corsets through the Georgian, Regency, Victorian and Edwardian Eras and Jane Austen’s lifetime.  Overview of corsets through history, including the Georgian, Regency, Victorian and Edwardian Eras and Jane Austen’s lifetime. 

1776 April 28th John McQueen, Stay Maker., New York. At the sign ogf the White Stays in Smith Street, near the Mayor's baths, New York. Making all sorts of stays in the newest fashion that is worn by the ladies of Great Britain or France. Packthread stays for babies from one month to seven years, stays for children of Tabby, Ruffled Canvas, Or Buckram, and for older girls an assortment of thin boned stays of different sorts and sizes.
1776 April 28th John McQueen, Stay Maker., New York. At the sign of the White Stays in Smith Street,near the Mayor’s baths, New York.
Making all sorts of stays in the newest fashion that is worn by the ladies of Great Britain or France. Packthread stays for babies from one month to seven years, stays for children of Tabby, Ruffled Canvas, Or Buckram, and for older girls an assortment of thin boned stays of different sorts and sizes.
1835 Milliner, Dress and Corset Maker to the Royal Family. Mrs. Langdon. 37 Milson Street, Bath, U.K. Local Trade Advertisements. From 1835 The Historical and Local New Bath Guide By C. Duffield. via Google Books (PD- 150)
1835 Milliner, Dress and Corset Maker to the Royal Family. Mrs. Langdon. 37 Milson Street, Bath, U.K. Local Trade Advertisements.
From 1835 The Historical and Local New Bath Guide By C. Duffield. via Google Books (PD- 150)
18th Century Interior of the shop of a body tailor, or corset maker. From 1893 The Art of the Tailor of the Bodies of Women and Children.
18th Century Interior of the shop of a body tailor, or corset maker. From 1893 The Art of the Tailor of the Bodies of Women and Children.
1835 Fashionable Long and Short Stay Manufacturer. Robert Drew & Co. Local Trade Advertisements. From- 1835 The Historical and Local New Bath Guide. Published by C. Duffield via Google Books (PD-150)
1835 Fashionable Long and Short Stay Manufacturer. Robert Drew & Co. Local Trade Advertisements. From- 1835 The Historical and Local New Bath Guide. Published by C. Duffield via Google Books (PD-150)
18th Century Corset Maker From 1893 Le Corset, A Travers Les Ages.
18th Century Corset Maker From 1893 Le Corset, A Travers Les Ages.
18th Century Corsetieres cutting out and fitting. From Saint-Elme Gautier, Le Corset a Travers les Ages. en.wikipedia.org
18th Century Corsetieres cutting out and fitting. From Saint-Elme Gautier, Le Corset a Travers les Ages. en.wikipedia.org
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1804-1815 ca. Fawn Cotton Dress With Embroidery Beading In Jane Austen Style. #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #HistoricalFashion

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1804–1815 ca. Fawn Cotton Dress With Embroidery Beading, Austrian. Simple Empire style dress with A-line skirt from a high waistline and short bodice as Jane Austen and contemporaries across Europe would have worn. Fawn colored cotton with deep bead embroidered hem, embroidery on the wrists and around the wide scooped neckline. Transparent fabrics of the early were beginning to be replaced with fabrics with more weight that were less likely to tear. Plain silks in vivid colors were at first made up in the simple lines of muslin dresses but then plain gowns began to be decorated with intricate contrasting applications and beading. This dress was part of “The Fine Art of Costume” exhibition, 1954 October 15th at the Met Museum, N.Y.C. via Metropolitan Museum, NYC, U.S.A. metmuseum.org.

Empire Style Dress:  Named after the First Empire in France. Empire dresses had a low neckline and skirts started directly under the bust and flowed into the classical relaxed wide styles of Greece and Rome. This style of dress is associated with Jane Austen and her contemporaries as a high-waisted dress was worn most days. Cotton, silk or taffeta were the popular fabrics.

1804-1815 ca. Front Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Front Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Back Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Back Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Side Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Side Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Black and White. Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Black and White. Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Black and White Group. Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Black and White Group. Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Beading View. Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Beading View. Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Beading View. Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Beading View. Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Beading View. Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Beading View. Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Beading View. Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Beading View. Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Beading View. Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
1804-1815 ca. Beading View. Fawn Cotton Dress with Bead Embroidery, Austrian.
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1802 ‘The Cow Pock or The Wonderful Effects Of The New Inoculation’ By James Gillray. #Cartoon #RegencyEra #BritishHistory #medical

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1802 ‘The Cow Pock or The Wonderful Effects Of The New Inoculation’. By James Gillray. Caricature depicting the early controversy surrounding Dr. Edward Jenner’s cowpox vaccination program begun in 1796 in England. Recipients of the vaccine developing cow-like appendages. Via British Museum, London, UK. britishmuseum.org (PD-Art)

1802 'The Cow Pock or The Wonderful Effects Of The New Inoculation'. By James Gillray. Caricature depicting the early controversy surrounding Dr. Edward Jenner's revolutionary cow pox vaccination. Via Suzi Love - suzilove.com & British Museum, London, UK. britishmuseum.org (PD-Art)
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19th Century Early Women’s Lightweight Cotton Caps As Worn By Jane Austen Or Bridgerton Women. #Hats #Bridgerton #RegencyFashion #JaneAusten

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19th Century Early Women’s Cotton Caps. Worn as morning caps, night caps, or under other hats. The proper 19th century woman wore various forms of headwear throughout the day and evening. Unstructured, finely decorated cotton caps were worn in the morning hours with the informal attire appropriate for the early part of the day. Jane Austen and her family and female friends, and the Bridgerton family, would have worn caps like these, sometimes during the morning at home, to bed to keep their long hair from becoming knotted, or under a bonnet to hold a hairstyle in place. via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A. mfa.org

Definition Boudoir Or Morning Cap: worn by women in the privacy of their ‘boudoir’ and was not a simple night-cap but a lightweight, decorated cap which covered the hair before it was dressed for daytime activities or for at-home pursuits. 

Definition Cornette or Morning Cap: Muslin or other lightweight material, worn to cover hair during at-home pursuits such as reading or sketching, tied under chin and sometimes worn under bonnet. 

Definition Lappets: Two long strips of material, often lace, hanging from top of head down back or over  shoulders. Sometimes extensions of a headdress and a requirement for court dress.

19th Century Early Women's Cotton Caps. Worn as morning caps, night caps, or under other hats. via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A. mfa.org
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