Category: 18th Century

Costume and Fashion History during the 18th Century. Clothing of the Late Baroque, Rococo, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Rose Bertin Minister of Fashion at the court of Marie Antoinette. The French Revolution fashion period of Incroyables and Merveilleuses. The Georgians and Regency period.

Regency, Georgian, fashion history, costume,Heideloff,

Regency Turban of Italian gauze. Lilac satin corset. The Gallery of Fashion Vol. 2. Published by Nikolaus von Heideloff, London. Georgian fashion era. Costumes in the time of Jane Austen.

Regency Queen Elizabeth’s ruff.

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Regency Queen Elizabeth’s ruff of bread lace 1796. The Gallery of Fashion October 1796. England Evening dresses.

Regency Dress of plain muslin. Bandeau of plain muslin.

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Regency Dress of plain muslin. Bandeau of plain muslin. The Gallery of Fashion October 1796. England Morning dresses.

Regency Ranelagh Gardens costume. Italian dress.

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Regency Ranelagh Gardens costume. Italian dress. The Gallery of Fashion September 1796.

Regency round gowns. Veil of blue gauze 1796.

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Regency round gowns. Veil of blue gauze. The Gallery of Fashion September 1796. England Morning dresses.

Regency robe à la Turque of white muslin 1796.

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Regency robe à la Turque of white muslin 1796. Afternoon dress August 1796. Heideloff`s Gallery of Fashion.

The Purse of Rob Roy, Toadstone Amulet. Purse of Rob Roy.

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Scottish hero Rob Roy, The Purse of Rob Roy. Helen Macgregor`s brooch. Toadstone Amulet.

Toadstone Amulet protecting new-born children and their mothers from the power of the fairies. Purse of Rob Roy, Helen Macgregor`s Brooch. Abbotsford, the personal relics and antiquarian treasures of Sir Walter Scott.

Rob Roy`s Sporran and Skene Dhu. Relics of Sir Walter Scott.

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Sporran. Traditional Scottish knife. Rob Roy. Skene Dhu. Sir Walter Scott.

Sgian dubh is a traditional Scottish knife, also known as “stocking dagger”. Since the 18th century the Sgian dubh belongs to Kilt equipment of the Highland Scots.