Green chenille pom-poms enhance this charming spencer and matching dress…
British cotton lined taffeta dress
c. 1807-1810
Fashion in Detail
Seventeen and Eighteenth Century
Walking Dress c. 1814
Fashion Plate
Chemisette
late 18th to early 19th c
French
Diaphamous muslin gown embroidered in cotton thread..
Fabric India, Dress British
c. 1800
Fashion in Detail
After the French Revolution, and twenty years of Continental war…
“there developed a nostalgia for Greek and Roman styles
and the purity and simplicity these implied. The slipper became
the footwear associated with delicate muslin dresses …”
C. 1820
From the collection of Charles Paget Wade
Shoes and Slippers from Snowshill
Althea Mackenzie