Georgian Corset Pattern Multi Sized Stays by MantuaMakerPatterns. Corset Pattern & Hardwood Busk Georgian by MantuaMakerPatterns. Pannier (clothing) Hoop petticoat or pannier, English, 1750-80. Plain-woven linen and cane. Panniers or side hoops are women's undergarments worn in the 17th and 18th centuries to extend the width of the skirts at the side while leaving the front and back relatively flat. This provided a panel where woven patterns, elaborate decorations and rich embroidery could be displayed and fully appreciated. The style originated in Spanish court dress of the 17th century, familiar in portraits by Velázquez.
The fashion spread to France and from there to the rest of Europe after c. 1718–1719, when some Spanish dresses had been displayed in Paris.[1] It is also suggested that the pannier originated in Germany or England, having been around since 1710 in England, and appearing in the French court in the last years of Louis XIV’s reign.[2] The earlier form of the pannier took the shape similar to a 19th-century crinoline. The name comes from panniers, a French term for wicker baskets slung on either side of a pack animal. Robe à la française / sack-back gown. The loose box pleats which are a feature of this style are sometimes called Watteau pleats from their appearance in the paintings of Antoine Watteau.[1] The various Watteau terms, such as Watteau pleat, Watteau back, Watteau gown etc., date from the mid-19th century rather than reflecting authentic 18th century terminology, and normally describe 19th and 20th century revivals of the sack-back.[2] Notable wearers[edit] A popular story, traced back to the correspondence of Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Duchess d'Orléans, is that the earliest form of the sack-back gown, the robe battante, was invented as maternity clothing in the 1670s by Louis XIV's mistress to conceal her clandestine pregnancies.
Galleries[edit] 18th century[edit] L'Enseigne de Gersaint (detail), 1720, by Antoine Watteau. Post-18th century revival styles[edit] Tea gown with a Watteau back, December 1899. See also[edit] References[edit] Jump up ^ Kimberley Chrisman-Campbell (2011). Bibliography[edit] Arnold, Janet. Robe à l'anglaise / close-bodied gown. Close-bodied gown or robe à l'anglaise of cotton with floral sprigs embroidered in wool, shown with a quilted silk petticoat and fichu or kerchief, England, 1780s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.59.25a-c. Gallery[edit] Robe a l'anglaise (closed gown) with matching petticoat, French, 1784-87, Cotton, metal, and silk. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1991.204a, bSide view of the robe a l'anglaise at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See also[edit] Notes[edit] Jump up ^ Waugh, Norah (1968).
The Cut of Women's Clothes: 1600-1930. References[edit] Ribeiro, Aileen: The Art of Dress: Fashion in England and France 1750–1820, Yale University Press, 1995, ISBN 0-300-06287-7Freshman, Philip, Dorothy J. WN207 Late 18th Century Robe a L'anglaise by patternsoftime. JRRA Robe à l'Anglaise or English Nightgown by patternsoftime. Caraco. A caraco is a style of woman's jacket that was fashionable from the mid-18th to early 19th centuries. Caracos were thigh-length and opened in front, with tight, three-quarter or long sleeves. Like gowns of the period, the back of the caraco could be fitted to the waist or could hang in pleats from the shoulder in a "sack-back".
Caracos were generally made of printed linen or cotton.[1][2] The caraco emerged as an informal style in France in the 1760s,[1] based on working-class jackets. It was worn with a petticoat and, if open in front, a stomacher or decorative stays. The English caraco was generally closed in front. Gallery[edit] Women's jackets and short gowns of the 18th century The Chocolate Girl, 1743–45, wears a fitted jacket, petticoat, and apron.Working woman's bedgown and petticoat, 1764 Notes[edit] References[edit] Cumming, Valerie, C. External links[edit] Caraco and matching petticoat, Victoria and Albert Museum, c. 1770s.
JRJackets 11750's 1780's Ladies' Jackets. TG232W 1750 1785 Ladies' Dress Pattern by patternsoftime.