Etoffes. Les modes sous Louis XVI. La mode du rococo.

Etoffes, modes, costume, façon, Louis XVI, Rococo,
Etoffes – Fabrics

Fabrics. Fashion under Louis XVI., 1774 to 1789

(Late baroque, rococo fashion era)

L’histoire du costume féminin français. Les modes sous Louis XVI et Marie Antoinette 1774−1789. La Mode du Rococo. Etoffes – Planche 10.

Etoffes.

  • 1. Châle fond blanc, dessins rouges, bleus, jaunes et verts.
  • 2. Châle broderie au point petit et application sur tulle. Fleurs roses et vertes, tons dégradés, nœud rouge, dégradé rose.
  • 3. Robe rouge et bleue à rayures, ruban en ceinture fond jaune, fleurs bleues et rouges.
  • 4. Satin lamé et broché fond jaune vif, oiseaux verts et bleus, fleurs rouges.
  • 5. Fragment de tapisserie exécutée au Temple par Marie-Antoinette, fond marron, feuilles vertes dégradées, fleurs roses et jaunes dégradées.
  • 6. Robe de taffetas, à paniers, plate devant et derrière, très décolletée, avec chérusque de blonde, taffetas rose pâle, le tablier devant et bas de jupe en taffetas à guirlandes de fleurs roses, bleues et vertes.
  • 7. Motifs de broderies avec chiffre pour écran ou châle.
  • 8. Caraco de taffetas puce, avec un large fichu en linon blanc; gilet blanc.
  • 9. 10. 11. Motifs de fleurs sur taffetas pour robe, vert et rose, jaune et bleu, bleu et rose.
  • 13. Satin brodé fleurs violettes et noires, feuilles vertes, fond mauve pâle pour volant de robe en broderie sur satin fond ivoire, bord jaune et bleu, guirlande de fleurs orange.
  • 13. Fillette avec corsage guimpe rayée rouge et blanc et bleu, ruban tricolore entourant la charlotte de linon blanc, guimpe de linon blanc froncée au cou.
Note:  Man in a chenille. Cabinet des modes, ou Les modes nouvelles.

Read more: L’Histoire du Costume Féminin Français. Paul Louis Victor de Giafferri.

Illustration, damasks, ornament

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