Robe a l’Anglaise
Dress c.1748; Altered c.1780
Fashion Museum Bath via Twitter
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Robe a l'anglaise, 1735.
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Robe à l’anglaise ca. 1785
From the Museum of Vancouver
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I came upon a video yesterday where a creator was bemoaning how a period piece had patterns that were "inaccurate" given their brightness and design.
Friends, we've gone over this. As if the existence and popularity of chintz weren't enough, we have many, many extant gowns (such as this one) which employ the most dizzying, brilliant, and (to some) almost garish patterns imaginable. The past was not blush and beige, brown and dun. We LOVE vivid colors!
This dress, via the Fashion Museum Bath, dates from 1740 and is made of the most stunning, high contrast brocaded silk. It's a closed robe, or early robe a l'anglaise, and I am absolutely obsessed with the pattern. Alas, FMB doesn't have digital collections and so all this information is just from one of their tweets. I would love to know MORE.
Either way, you can see how similar this is to both 100 and 200 years forward in time: with a little extra on the sleeves, this silhouette could work in the Gothic era and with some narrowing, the 1950s!
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1780-1785 Robe a l’anglaise
chintz, cotton
(Museum Rotterdam)
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Title: Robe à l'Anglaise
Date: 1740–60
Culture: British
Medium: silk
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Silk damask robe a'langlaise. Spitalfields silk c.1735, dress c.1765.
via fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu
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Just two more steps and she’s done 💜
Larkin & Smith English Gown in Indian block-print cotton, stitched by hand by me.
I’ll make a longer post about this particular project when I have photos of me in the dress. But, before then, if you have any questions about this gown, the history of this style, or anything else, my askbox is open and I’m happy to answer!
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Pink Striped Silk Robe à l’Anglaise, 1785-1787, French.
Met Museum.
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Robe à l’anglaise
c.1783
England; Fabric exported from India
Royal Ontario Museum (Object number: 969.85.5)
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Robe à l’anglaise ca. 1775, recycled material from the early 1700s.
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Gown, 1750′s
From the John Bright Collection
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High res photo alert! I just want to hug whoever takes these photos at the Museum of New Zealand, because OMG. The detail!
I think I'm in my red/pink/blush gown era, because this is another one that I just had to share.
This robe à l'anglaise retroussée dates from the 1770s-1780s, and is English. It's made of silk damask, one of my favorites, in this gorgeous burgundy and cream silk floral pattern. Unlike the French sack back gowns of this time, this one laces up tight on the other side, hence it's à l'anglaise.
Retroussée refers to the skirt length, which would have been pulled up.
This silhouette made a big comeback in the 1840s and the 1880s. And you can see why! It's pretty classic.
Robe à l'anglaise retroussée, 1770-1780, England, maker unknown. Gift of Mrs B Vye, 1951. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (PC000071)
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Robe à l'Anglaise
1785–95
American
Cotton, baleen
The MET Museum
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Robe a l'anglaise, 1750.
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