Hi Suzi,
Thanks. yes i overlooked that dress with the collar.
I guess its because i thoaght it was a later fashion.
I never imagined this style of dress with a large pannier like the painting.
Bjarne
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From: "Suzi Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] dress type
At 14:42 12/11/2006, you wrote:
Hi,
This is excactly what there are not. No patterns of such a dress.
Because the dress only consist of one skirt, i wonder how the skirt would
be attached to the bodice.
Could it be that the whole front skirt was put to some tape ties, where it
would be attached to the back of the skirt at the middle of the bodice,
and then the pointed bodice would be pinned in the front over the skirt?
What i would be very interrested in was how the cut would have ben like in
the back, perhaps the fourreau style or the mantua style with sewn down
pleats?
It is strange that all costume historians leaved this type out, because it
surely was very popular, also in Denmark.
Besides its not as much fabric consuming as a francaise is or anglaise for
that matter, because it only has one skirt.
Bjarne
There are three dresses with separate bodices, and one with an en fourreau
back, all with patterns and detailed drawings of front and back, in
"Patterns of Fashion 1660-1860", by Janet Arnold. One even has a zig-zag
style collar, similar to the one you are looking at Bjarne. I've made this
dress pattern up and it works really well. In fact I've made all of them,
and providing you only use the pattern pieces as a guide (one back piece
is really peculiar) they work beautifully. (Many of the dresses on this
site are of this style. http://www.minuetcompany.org/gallery.html I made a
number of outfits for this group, bioh men and women.)
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