robe г la Franг Aise Date 1770вђ 75 Culture French Medium silk Bast
Robe г La Franг Aise Date 1770вђ 75 Culture French Medium Silk Bast Robe à la française. the robe à la française, with open robe and petticoat, was the quintessential dress of the eighteenth century. characteristic of 1770s costume are the piece's low neckline, fitted bodice, narrow sleeves with double layered cuffs, as well as the sack back and fullness at the hips supported by panniers. Women with coquettish airs were imposing in robes à la française and robes à l'anglaise throughout the period between 1720 and 1780. the robe à la française was derived from the loose negligee sacque dress of the earlier part of the century, which was pleated from the shoulders at the front at the back.
1760 1765 Woman S robe г la francaise Sack Gown 18th Century Dress
1760 1765 Woman S Robe г La Francaise Sack Gown 18th Century Dress The details. b. lanche payne in the history of costume from the ancient egyptians to the twentieth century (1965) writes: “when the back fullness was formed into box pleats at the neckline, falling freely from there to the floor, the gown is referred to as a robe à la française .” (413) charlotte mankey calasibetta & phyllis tortora in. 1760 – george iii becomes king of great britain. 1763 – treaty of paris is signed. 1764 – the “spinning jenny,” a machine using multiple spindles for spinning yarn, is invented by james hargreaves. 1765 – the caraco emerges as a women’s jacket style in the 1760s. 1765 – american revolution begins. The sack back gown or robe à la française was a women's fashion of 18th century europe. [1] at the beginning of the century, the sack back gown was a very informal style of dress. at its most informal, it was unfitted both front and back and called a sacque, contouche, or robe battante. by the 1770s the sack back gown was second only to court. Woman's dress (robe à la française) with attached stomacher. c. 1760 1770 artist maker unknown, french. by the mid eighteenth century the robe á la française, or sacque, was the choice of fashionable european and american women for formal occasions. the flowing lines of this style underscored the elegance of the woman who wore it.