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Saturday, 17 November 2018

A couple of closed Robe à la Française

Not the most popular version of the Robe à la Française, but the version with a closed skirt crops up from time to time, roughly between the 1730s-60s.
Ca. 1735, The Museum at FIT

1740s, The Stibbert Museum

Ca. 1740, National Museum Of Scotland
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews by Thomas Gainsborough, 1748-49
Mr. and Mrs. Carter by Thomas Gainsborough, 1748-49
Ca. 1750, Metropolitan
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2 comments:

  1. DLM5 December 2018 at 01:50

    ... burial gown? :)

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  2. Isis1 October 2019 at 10:29

    DLM: It was used instead of a shroud. But it wasn't made for the burial- they used a gown already in the lady's wardrobe.

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