Regency court gown

Female gowns worn at court during the Regency era looked ungainly. Instead of the lovely columnar silhouette of the Grecian-inspired draped gown, court gowns at this time made their wearers resembl…

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Dress of the Day: White dress with gold embroidery and a green cut velvet train. French, ca., 1810-1819. KSUM 1983.1.2011ab.

Evening dresses, 1810′s From the exhibition "An Agreeable Tyrant: Fashion After the Revolution" at the DAR Museum

Next to be added to our collection is the 'open robe', seen in Sense & Sensibility and commonly referred to as The Picnic Dress. I've seen dressmakers call this as a half-robe, however Norah Waugh in 'The Cut of Women's Clothes' refers to it as an open gown. I am considering using the pattern of an open gown c. 1795 from the Victoria and Albert Museum that Norah Waugh published in her book, The Cut of Women's Clothes and the drawstring gown from Jennie Chancey's collection. The Gallery of…

Ephemeral Elegance — Whitework Embroidered Spangled Evening Dress, ca....

Dress, ca 1805.