Here are some of the closures most common on extant pieces; ties and/or drawstring. You can also find this on silk dresses https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/170705?rpp=30&pg=2&ft=dress&when=A.D.%2B1800-1900&what=Dresses&pos=32&imgno=6&tabname=related-objects
https://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/muslin-muslin-versatile-cloth-for-regency-fashion/ https://sokisamlingar.sormlandsmuseum.se/items/show/290425 https://insideoutksum.wordpress.com/19th-century/sheer-cotton-gauze-dress-ca-1815-20/ Button instead of pin on bib-front. Pins seem to be most common on all fabrics with bib-front https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-printed-muslin-day-dress,-circa-1800-1810,-81-c-89ffb4 <https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-printed-muslin-day-dress,-circa-1800-1810,-81-c-89ffb472ee> https://threadingthroughtime.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/falling-for-the-regency-bib-front-gown/ Buttons down back https://whitakerauction.smugmug.com/The-Helen-Larson-Private-Collection/18th-Century-through-1820s/LOT-87-FRENCH-EMBROIDERED-MULL-DRESS-1805/i-BmSWJGS?epik=0Fi8NE_IWHwBx If unsure, go with ties at the back. Or a hook. Gunvor _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
