> I have just acquired some striped silk which I want to make into a > "Regency" day dress, to wear with a spencer. Although not technically > correct, I am prepared to look at fashion plates between 1790 and > 1820. However, I am unable to find stripes worn during the day > between these dates. I have found German evening dresses, and in my > own collection, the 1820's have many lovely striped dresses.
I couldn't find any fashion plates, but here is what I did find: http://www.whitakerauction.com/index.html?Tudor_auction.htm~MainFrame - this is the link to the Tasha Tudor auction, there's a sheer woven stripe dress c1800-1810 near the bottom of Gallery 4, and a roller printed cotton day dress c1815 about half way though Gallery 12 http://tidenstoej.natmus.dk/periode1/dragt.asp?ID=79 - it's plaid rather then striped, but it seems similar to me. I think the date is 1810, but I don't read the language, so I'm not sure. http://antiquesandthearts.com/webEventItems/pdf/AAW-2008-04-25/103.pdf - right hand side third row down, c1810 silk day dress (I have better pictures of this dress, if you want them, but they don't seem to be on the web anymore.) http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/the_costume_institute/dress/objectview.aspx?OID=80003313&collID=8&dd1=8 c1818 cotton dress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christoffer_Wilhelm_Eckersberg_001.jpg 1814 Portrait of Anna Maria Magnani by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (probably depicting another roller-printed cotton dress). http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/the_costume_institute/dress/objectview.aspx?OID=80003474&collID=8&dd1=8 1795-7 dress, which may be an evening dress... I'm not sure. http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/the_costume_institute/dress_round_gown/objectview.aspx?OID=80002273&collID=8&dd1=8 c1795 silk round gown - this may also be an evening dress, I'm not sure. http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/the_costume_institute/dress_evening/objectview.aspx?OID=80003344&collID=8&dd1=8 striped silk spencer, 1804-15 http://www.abitiantichi.it/collezione/soprabiti/soprab21.html A striped spenser c1805 You might also look though demode's list of garments for striped dresses: http://www.demodecouture.com/realvict/1700s.html#1790 http://www.demodecouture.com/realvict/1800s.html For books I would suggest looking at: _An Elegant Art_ by Edward Maeder (for the early period only, I don't think he shows dresses post 1797)but I'm sure there was at least one striped dress. _Fashion_ by the Kyoto Costume Institute _The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789-1815_ by Katell Le Bourhis Best of luck! -sunny _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
