Short puffed sleeves costume. Guirlande de Mousse mêlée de fleurs.

Short puffed sleeves costume, 1798.

France 1798. First Empire Fashion.

Guirlande de Mousse mêlée de fleurs. Manches courtes, gonflées sur l’avant – bras. Ceinture, formée dun Ruban rayé, à carreaux.

Garland of Moss mixed with flowers. Short sleeves, puffed up at the front – arms. Waistband, made of a striped, checked ribbon.

Source: Journal des dames et des modes. Costumes parisien 1798.

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Feminine costumes from 1794 – 1800. Directory to Empire.

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The fashions of the end of the 18th century. After German Journals.

Masked Paris Opera Ball 1804, by Jean-Francois Bosio.

Bourgeois costumes in France at the time of the Revolution, 1794.

Fashion History of the French Republic. The fashions of the Directory.

Fashion under the French Revolution 1789 to 1802.

Paris during the french revolution 1793 to 1795.

Les Modes sous la Revolution 1792-1799.

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Comparison of the French and English modes during the Regency.

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Fashion in the Reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X. Restoration.

Fashion in the Reign of Louis-Philippe. 1830 to 1848.

France. Fashion during the Second Republic. 1848 to 1864.

French fashion and costume history. La mode française.

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