Painting is at the Seattle Art Museum. Image courtesy of CSU WorldImages: http://worldart.sjsu.edu/Obj30129?sid=102052&x=18738158
The Concept
A reproduction of a 1778 robe à la circassienne as seen in Pierre-Alexandre Wille’s “Young Woman Admiring a Miniature” (at the Seattle Art Museum).
The Fabric & Trim
White silk/rayon duchess satin, trimmed with orchid silk/rayon duchess satin.
The Pattern
Draped by me.
Useful Links
- Me: A Proper Polonaise c. 1780
- Lady of Portland House: Robe a la Turque
Bibliography
- Ribeiro, Aileen. Dress in Eighteenth-Century Europe, 1715-1789. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.
- Van Cleave, Kendra & Brooke Welborn. “‘Very Much the Taste and Various Are the Makes’: Reconsidering the Late 18th Century Robe à la Polonaise.” Dress (May 2013).
This looks kind of similar! http://www.photo.rmn.fr/cf/htm/CSearchZ.aspx?o=&Total=500&FP=36861857&E=2K1KTSJWY61XH&SID=2K1KTSJWY61XH&New=T&Pic=295&SubE=2C6NU0BEROEF
Sanna — the link didn’t work! Would love to know what you found — can you send me the artist/title or whatever?