Do I remember correctly?
Sep. 22nd, 2006 03:19 pmA while back in LJ land, someone (
isiswardrobe?) talked about recreating a dess from a bust portrait - I THINK it was 18c, in sage green, and thought to be a fictional style wrap-front gown because no one had seen another example. I think...
Well, I have found another example of a wrap-front gown in an old book on my shelf. I can't find a pic of it online and I don't have a scanner available to me today (of course). If anyone is interested, pipe up and I'll find a way to post it.
The book is "A Picture History of English Costume" by C. Willett and Phillis Cunnington. Published by the Macmillan Co. in New York, 1960. Printed in Great Britan by Taylor Garnett Evans & Co. Ltd., Watford, Herts.
The portrait info listed in the book is:
"1740-50. Mary Pettus in a "wrapping-gown" over an "oblong hoop", the latter being wide from side to side. Lace ruffles to the sleeves. A "modesty piece" fills in the V of the decolletage which is edged with a lace frill ("tucker"). Coiffure in the Dutch mode. Norwich Castle Museum."
I looked on the Norwich Castle Museum website and could find no reference to the portrait so they may not have it anymore.
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Well, I have found another example of a wrap-front gown in an old book on my shelf. I can't find a pic of it online and I don't have a scanner available to me today (of course). If anyone is interested, pipe up and I'll find a way to post it.
The book is "A Picture History of English Costume" by C. Willett and Phillis Cunnington. Published by the Macmillan Co. in New York, 1960. Printed in Great Britan by Taylor Garnett Evans & Co. Ltd., Watford, Herts.
The portrait info listed in the book is:
"1740-50. Mary Pettus in a "wrapping-gown" over an "oblong hoop", the latter being wide from side to side. Lace ruffles to the sleeves. A "modesty piece" fills in the V of the decolletage which is edged with a lace frill ("tucker"). Coiffure in the Dutch mode. Norwich Castle Museum."
I looked on the Norwich Castle Museum website and could find no reference to the portrait so they may not have it anymore.