I have seen this dress. In the original movie, The
King And I, Anna is wearing one during the State
Dinner seen when she is dancung with Yul Brenner.
--- Diana Habra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have finally found a propper picture to show.
This is a painting of the
view over the thames.
At 13:00 12/11/2006, you wrote:
I have seen this dress. In the original movie, The
King And I, Anna is wearing one during the State
Dinner seen when she is dancung with Yul Brenner.
--- Diana Habra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have finally found a propper picture to show.
This is a painting
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] dress type
At 13:00 12/11/2006, you wrote:
I have seen this dress. In the original movie, The
King And I, Anna is wearing one during the State
Dinner seen when she is dancung with Yul Brenner.
--- Diana Habra [EMAIL
Historic Fashion in Detail shows a rose red ground with trails of white
flowers with a pleated English back (altered in 1760's) the silk is 1740
(p 88). As it is Fashion in Detail I don't know what the front of the gown
is like. There is a mantua 1750 (p90) that may look something like these
: [h-cost] dress type
At 13:00 12/11/2006, you wrote:
I have seen this dress. In the original movie, The
King And I, Anna is wearing one during the State
Dinner seen when she is dancung with Yul Brenner.
--- Diana Habra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have finally found a propper picture
Suzi Clarke wrote:
Are there dresses like this in Fitting and Proper, or Costume
Close-up, or Costume in Detail, or Historic Fashion in Detail? (the
18th century one.) I'm away from my books and can't check right now.
Pgs 9, 13, 31, and 33 of Costume in Detail show round gowns of this
In a message dated 11/12/2006 9:43:14 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Because the dress only consist of one skirt
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Because of the early-ish year of the painting
could this be gowns like in Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion,
Vol.1...the
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
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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
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Subject: [h-cost] Dress Type
Historic Fashion in Detail shows a rose red ground with trails of white
flowers with a pleated English back (altered in 1760's) the silk is 1740
(p 88). As it is Fashion in Detail I don't know what the front of the
gown
of the outfit
Sharon C..
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] dress type
Hi,
This is excactly what there are not. No patterns of such a dress
I have finally found a propper picture to show. This is a painting of the
view over the thames. Its from the mid century. You can clearly see that the
ladies dresses dont have the sack backed trains in the back. I have seen
this type of dress in many danish paintings two, yeat this type of
I don't know what sort of dress this is called, but some of those ladies
are showing an awful lot of ankle!
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Y'knownow that I look at Mrs. Andrews again
_http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gainsborough/andrews.jpg_
(http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gainsborough/andrews.jpg)
It looks more like the crisp blue silk of her dress in is spread out and
poofed up on the bench from her sitting,
What year is the painting, may I ask?
It looks awfully stylized by the artist to me, the exaggerated shape and
feel of the skirts being the same on all figures. But I don't see why this
couldn't be an en fourreau gown, or one cut with a separate bodice if late
in
the century. The
I have finally found a propper picture to show. This is a painting of the
view over the thames. Its from the mid century. You can clearly see that
the
ladies dresses dont have the sack backed trains in the back. I have seen
this type of dress in many danish paintings two, yeat this type of
I am no expert here, but
Boucher says in general middle class in this period showed feet and ankles.
Page 300 shows
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2003/genre/158-058.htmhttp://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2003/genre/158-058.htm
as an example. She also discusses several others which don't appear
a sacque.
hope that helps
Kelly
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Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 4:35 PM
Subject: [h-cost] dress type
I have finally found a propper picture to show. This is a painting of the
view over the thames. Its
What year is the painting, may I ask?
It looks awfully stylized by the artist to me, the exaggerated shape and
feel of the skirts being the same on all figures. But I don't see why this
couldn't be an en fourreau gown, or one cut with a separate bodice if late
in
the century. The ladies
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