1807 Gentleman’s Half Dress, French. Green cutaway tailcoat, white vest, white frilled shirt with very high white cravat, white breeches with red fob at waist, white stockings, black shoes, black top hat and carrying a cane. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
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1788 Armchair or bergère en cabriolet. Part of a set by Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené (French, 1748–1803). Made for Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, for her Cabinet de Toilette in Palace of Saint-Cloud, France. Carved, painted and gilded walnut; modern cotton twill embroidered in silk. Made for Marie-Antoinette’s dressing room at the château de Saint Cloud. The queen’s initials are carved on the top rail.
The Palace of St. Cloud belongs to the Duke of Orleans, is situated on the declivity of a mountain washed by the Seine. . . . The view from the house is delightful. By Harry Peckham, A Tour through Holland and Part of France
Louis XVI purchased the country residence of the duc d’Orléans a few miles west of Paris for Marie-Antoinette in 1785. Being in need of renovation, the palace was enlarged and altered for the queen, and many pieces of furniture were commissioned from Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené. A member of an important dynasty of Parisian chairmakers, Sené had been appointed menuisier to the Crown in 1784.
A 1788 description of this set, four matching armchairs and a stool, shows that it was for one of Marie-Antoinette’s private rooms at Saint-Cloud, her Cabinet Particulier. Frame of the daybed embellished with carving of ivy and garlands of roses, ionic capitals on the short legs and Egyptian female half-figures on tapering supports. These figures express the queen’s taste for ornaments from ancient Egyptian art, well before Napoléon’s North African campaign made it fashionable. The bergère, or armchairs, has a medallion on top with Marie-Antoinette’s initials framed by myrtle branches and roses. The matching screen has classical female figures on its feet and top rail.
The 1789 inventory of Saint-Cloud records the entire suite in the queen’s Cabinet de Toilette, or dressing room. The set is upholstered in white cotton twill, embroidered with a small floral ornament in silk. Known to have worked on needlepoint projects all her life, Marie-Antoinette did the embroidery herself. The colorful floral embroidery on the light cotton ground conveys a sense of summer, the season Marie-Antoinette preferred to spend at Saint-Cloud. via Epigraph. Peckham 1788, p. 199.
1811 White Dress, French. Worn under a white spotted tunic with yellow over skirt. White gloves, shoes and hat with drooping white feathers. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
Although this is a French fashion plate, Jane Austen and her contemporaries wore a variety of tunics, spencers, and long coats to keep warm when out and about, visiting, shopping etc. Their thin muslin dresses weren’t any protection against harsh European winters or wet English weather.
1800 ca. Heptagonal Bag, French. Old rose moiré silk panels on steel cockade frame. Cut steel rosettes at rivets. Steel turn-key closure. White ribbon on steel rings. White silk lining. Credit: The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A. mfa.org
Reticule Or Bag: As the silhouette of dresses became more form fitting and fabrics lighter and more transparent, pockets could no longer be hidden in the folds of skirts or underwear. Something else was needed to hold a lady’s essentials. Small purses, like men’s money pouches, were used by women to carry money for gambling, sewing necessities, and women’s daily requirements such as combs. A 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 was called a reticule, or ridicule. They came in a variety of shapes, sizes, and materials. Jane Austen and her contemporaries would have purchased or hand made reticules, or bags, for each other for gifts and carried them with them whenever they went out.
1800-1815 ca. Vest, Or Waistcoat, French. Embroidery with spangles and a standing collar. Vests gave a layer of protection from the elements and a fashion arena, as early 1800s coats were either cutaway or designed to be left open in the front. Typical Style of Early 1800s Vest: Standing collar, straight cut, front pockets, heavily embroidered and with tiny spangles to accentuate. via Metropolitan Museum, N.Y.C., U.S.A. metmuseum.org
Typical of a gentleman’s waistcoat, or vest, worn during the early 1800s, or Regency Era, or Jane Austen’s times with a standing collar, straight cut, front pockets, and heavily embroidered with tiny spangles to accentuate.
1807 Two Ladies In Morning Dress, French. Left: Morning dress with short puffed sleeves over long straight sleeves ruffles around collar sleeves and hem white cap carrying blue parasol. Right: Blue Fichu or neck Shawl, blue Bonnet. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien.
Definition Fichu: Piece of lace, muslin, or other cloth worn about the neck and cleavage to preserve a lady’s modesty. From French word meaning neckerchief.
These are the types of outfits worn by Jane Austen and contemporaries in English magazines, where French fashions were obsessively copied despite the two countries being at war for many years.
1807 Two Ladies In Morning Dress, French. Left: Morning dress with short puffed sleeves over long straight sleeves ruffles around collar sleeves and hem white cap carrying blue parasol. Right: Blue Fichu or neck Shawl, blue Bonnet. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes,
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What did Jane Austen and friends wear? This book looks at early 1800s fashions, which were elegant and pretty with high waists and fabrics that were almost transparent. These Empire style gowns, named after Napoleon’s first Empress, became popular throughout Europe, and were then copied around the world. Colorful outwear was added to make an ensemble more attractive and warmer.
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1908 Silk and Rubber Corset, French. Front fastening, front suspenders, and back lacing. Made For C. F. Hovey & Co., Boston. Label: The Paris. Marking: label “7.50, Made in France, Véritable Baleine, Brévété S.G.D.G., Best Whalebone THE PARIS, Made in France, expressly or C.F. Hovey and Co., Boston.” stamped on bone lining of corset]; “Corset de Paris” paper label via Metropolitan Museum, NYC, USA Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Earl Rowe, 1951 Accession Number: C.I.51.15.25a, b
1908 Front Fastening View Of Corset, French. Made For C. F. Hovey & Co., Boston. Label: The Paris. Silk and Rubber. Front fastening and back lacing. via Suzi Love suzilove.com & Metropolitan Museum, NYC, U.S.A. metmuseum.org1908 Front Fastening View Of Corset, French. Made For C. F. Hovey & Co., Boston. Label: The Paris. Silk and Rubber. Front fastening and back lacing. via Suzi Love suzilove.com & Metropolitan Museum, NYC, U.S.A. metmuseum.org1908 Back Lacing Of Corset, French. Made For C. F. Hovey & Co., Boston. Label: The Paris. Silk and Rubber. Front fastening and back lacing. via Metropolitan Museum, NYC, U.S.A. metmuseum.org1908 Label For Front Fastening and Back Lacing Silk and Rubber Corset, French. Front fastening and back lacing. Made For C. F. Hovey & Co., Boston.1908 Front Suspenders and Back Lacing Silk and Rubber Corset, French. Front fastening and back lacing. Made For C. F. Hovey & Co., Boston.1908 Front Suspenders and Fastenings and Back Lacing Silk and Rubber Corset, French. Front fastening and back lacing. Made For C. F. Hovey & Co., Boston.1908 Silk and Rubber Corset, Front Fastenings and Suspenders and Back Lacing, French. #Edwardian #Corset #HistoricalFashion #France #Boston books2read.com/SuziLoveCorsetBook21 Click To TweetCorsets 1900s History Notes Book 21
Corsets during early 1900s when a fashionable
silhouette became of paramount importance
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1715-1790 ca. Miniature Sable Pocketbook, France. Glass beads strung on linen, or sablé, woven silk and metallic binding. Miniature envelope-style pocketbook. Polychrome opaque and translucent glass beads strung with linen thread, held together by interlocking looping stitches, or sablé. Designs on white ground, cupid shooting arrow at blue and red hearts. Borbon arms surmounted by coronet, red heart with five keys. Gilt-galloon binding. Blue silk taffeta lining. Cardboard foundation. via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. mfa.org
1805 ca. Leather Breeches, French. Buttoned and adjustable waist and narrow drop down front flap, back waist gusset for ease of movement, fitted cuffs on legs with many buttons to fasten and hold in place. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A. metmuseum.org
1805 ca. Leather Breeches, French. Buttons on waist and front flap, back waist gusset, fitted cuffs on legs with many buttons to fasten. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A. metmuseum.org1805 ca. Leather Breeches, French. Buttons on waist and front flap, back waist gusset, fitted cuffs on legs with many buttons to fasten. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A. metmuseum.org1805 ca. Leather Breeches, French. Buttons on waist and front flap, back waist gusset, fitted cuffs on legs with many buttons to fasten. via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A. metmuseum.org1805 Leather Breeches With Front Flap and Fitted Leg Cuffs As worn in Jane Austen's Times. #RegencyFashion #breeches #JaneAusten #HistoricalFashion https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionMen1800-1819 Click To TweetHN_23_d2d_fashionmen1800-1819
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1806 Gentleman’s Daily Outfit, French. Bottle green tailcoat, knee breeches, snowy white cravat, white stockings, flat black shoes. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien. French fashions and Georgian and Regency Era fashions from Great Britain were copied around the world. This is the normal daily outfit for a gentleman in the early 1800s, or in the times of Jane Austen, for daily city and country life. https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionMen1800-1819
