FASHIONS FOR MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN IN THE REIGN OF LOUIS XVI.
FROM THE GALLERY OF FRENCH FASHIONS AND COSTUMES.
To follow the figures in the plate, adults from left to right, then children from left to right.
No. 1. Young lady in a dress of French style looped up; head-dress a tapé with two single curls, surmounted by a pouf over a gauze thérese after Desrais.
2. Young lady in coloured silk dress trimmed with spotted gauze, the parliament being made of white silk trimmed with spotted blonde; cap à I'Anglaise; after Desrais.
3. Half-mourning dress, grey and black, trimmed with black ganse, white vest with black edging, fringed sleeves after Leclerc.
4. Dandy en chenille, coat of a fashionable colour, sill, vest with a bordering of embroidered silk of different colours, the buttons of the coat in open-work, silver; hat a I'Pensylvanie; after Leclerc.
5. Young lady from Lyons, in a dress of silk called the Piedmontese costume. Head-dress à I'Assyrienne or hérisson, trimmed with a ribbon, bandeau d'amour, intertwined with pearls and surmounted by a feather with an aigrette of diamonds forming a sort of diadem. This fashion was introduced at the Lyons theatre during the visit of the Princess ClotiIde of France, afterwards Princess of Piedmont, to that city in 1785.
6. Frock-coat, with three collars and double-breasted, called redingote en lévite; after Leclerc.
7. Half-mourning: vest of white silk with black edging, under a coat in black cloth or black silk, white silk stockings, fringed linen.
8. Duke and peer, decorated with the king's orders, and holding one of the highest posts at court, wearing an embroidered summer coat; after Leclerc.
9. 10. 11. The little girl is dressed in a frock of glazed linen trimmed with bands and looped up à la polonaise, underneath a white petticoat with a wide muslin flounce; her head-dress consists of a frontlet upon the hair en hérisson. The youngest of the children has a toquet à I'Anglaise. The little boy has a straw-hat, vest and waistcoat à la mariniere.
By Sabatier and Durin.Impr. lith. of Firmin-Didot, Brothers, Son, &
FROM THE GALLERY OF FRENCH FASHIONS AND COSTUMES.
To follow the figures in the plate, adults from left to right, then children from left to right.
No. 1. Young lady in a dress of French style looped up; head-dress a tapé with two single curls, surmounted by a pouf over a gauze thérese after Desrais.
2. Young lady in coloured silk dress trimmed with spotted gauze, the parliament being made of white silk trimmed with spotted blonde; cap à I'Anglaise; after Desrais.
3. Half-mourning dress, grey and black, trimmed with black ganse, white vest with black edging, fringed sleeves after Leclerc.
4. Dandy en chenille, coat of a fashionable colour, sill, vest with a bordering of embroidered silk of different colours, the buttons of the coat in open-work, silver; hat a I'Pensylvanie; after Leclerc.
5. Young lady from Lyons, in a dress of silk called the Piedmontese costume. Head-dress à I'Assyrienne or hérisson, trimmed with a ribbon, bandeau d'amour, intertwined with pearls and surmounted by a feather with an aigrette of diamonds forming a sort of diadem. This fashion was introduced at the Lyons theatre during the visit of the Princess ClotiIde of France, afterwards Princess of Piedmont, to that city in 1785.
6. Frock-coat, with three collars and double-breasted, called redingote en lévite; after Leclerc.
7. Half-mourning: vest of white silk with black edging, under a coat in black cloth or black silk, white silk stockings, fringed linen.
8. Duke and peer, decorated with the king's orders, and holding one of the highest posts at court, wearing an embroidered summer coat; after Leclerc.
9. 10. 11. The little girl is dressed in a frock of glazed linen trimmed with bands and looped up à la polonaise, underneath a white petticoat with a wide muslin flounce; her head-dress consists of a frontlet upon the hair en hérisson. The youngest of the children has a toquet à I'Anglaise. The little boy has a straw-hat, vest and waistcoat à la mariniere.
By Sabatier and Durin.Impr. lith. of Firmin-Didot, Brothers, Son, &
