Elegant 18th Century Women's Fashion

Stylish women in 18th century dresses with various accessories. Features soft colors, flowing fabrics, and detailed headgear, highlighting the fashion trends of the era.

Journal of the ladies and fashions, Parisian costume, January 21, 1804, year 12, (527): hat of satin (...), 1804  Woman with a hat of satin on the head, decorated with flowers. She wears a dress with long sleeves. Half wide with flat folds. Sleep. Accessories: earring in the right ear, scarf, belt, bracelets around both wrists, flat shoes with contrasting piping. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published by Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris, 1797-1839.  paper engraving fashion plates. dress, gown (+ women's clothes). sleeves (+ women's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (SHAWL) (+ women's clothes). shoes, sandals (+ women's clothes). head-gear (+ women's clothes)
Journal of the ladies and fashions, Parisian costume, January 21, 1804, year 12, (527): hat of satin (...), 1804 Woman with a hat of satin on the head, decorated with flowers. She wears a dress with long sleeves. Half wide with flat folds. Sleep. Accessories: earring in the right ear, scarf, belt, bracelets around both wrists, flat shoes with contrasting piping. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published by Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris, 1797-1839. paper engraving fashion plates. dress, gown (+ women's clothes). sleeves (+ women's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (SHAWL) (+ women's clothes). shoes, sandals (+ women's clothes). head-gear (+ women's clothes)
1874 Women's fashion in nineteenth-century Paris. Boutet, Henri, 1851-1919. Prints, Illustrations, Fashion design drawings. 1902. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture CollectionHabit of a woman of Frascati in 1768. Femme de Frascati.. Greuze, Jean-Baptiste, 1725-1805. Prints. 1757 - 1772. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , History, Women , Clothing & dress , Italy , Frascati , 1700-1799Fashion Plate, 'Evening Mourning Dress' for 'The Repository of Arts'. Rudolph Ackermann (England, London, 1764-1834). England, London, December 1, 1810. Prints; engravings. Hand-colored engraving on paperPaysan galant. Martin, Jean-Baptiste, 17..-17... Prints. 1760 - 1769. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Costume design , 18th century, Ballet , 18th century, Ballet , France , 18th century1804 Women's fashion in nineteenth-century Paris. Boutet, Henri, 1851-1919. Prints, Illustrations, Fashion design drawings. 1902. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture CollectionMorning habit of a Grecian lady in 1700. Dame Grecque.. Ferriol, Charles, marquis d'Argental, comte de, 1637-1722. Prints. 1757 - 1772. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , History, Women , Clothing & dress , Greece , 1700-1799Journal of ladies and fashions, Parisian costumes, 1912, No. 28: Velvet tailor (...), 1912  Woman in freeur, in a suit of white pressed velvet decorated with otter fur and passion tune. Matching hat. Print from the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes (1912-1914).  paper engraving fashion plates. skirt (+ women's clothes). head-gear (+ women's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (+ women's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (+ fur used for clothes). ornamental parts of clothing (+ fur used for clothes). ornamental parts of clothing (+ women's clothes). living-room, parlour, sitting-room. ensembles of pieces of clothing (SUIT) (+ women's clothes)Cabinet of modes or new modes, July 15, 1786, pl. I, A.B. Duhamel, After Pugin, 1786 Walking woman with a 'chapeau-bonnette' on the head: hat with wide downward edges. To the high, bulging ball a ribbon that forms a bow from behind. She wears a Robe à l'Anglaise with a wide fichu and has a closed folding range in the left hand. Hairstyle with chignon. (The text reports that it is brief what dresses are wearing during the morning walk, but that the Chapeau-Bonnette is a must) Paris paper engraving Walking woman with a 'chapeau-bonnette' on the head: hat with wide downward edges. To the high, bulging ball a ribbon that forms a bow from behind. She wears a Robe à l'Anglaise with a wide fichu and has a closed folding range in the left hand. Hairstyle with chignon. (The text reports that it is brief what dresses are wearing during the morning walk, but that the Chapeau-Bonnette is a must) Paris paper engravingFemale Italian servant, 15th century. She wears a white veil with fringe, green dress ornamented with gold at the neck, and black shoes. She carries two silver vases. From a painting by Vecchietta or Lorenzo di Pietro in the Academy of Fine Arts, Siena. Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from "Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries," Levy Fils, Paris, 1861.Regency woman strolling in the grounds of a stately home. Promenade dress of jaconot muslin trimmed with plaited muslin, white satin hussar cloak, Lavinia straw hat over a small lace cap. Gloves, rosary bracelet, and parasol. Designed by milliner Mrs Elizabeth Gill, 1 Cork Street, Burlington Gardens. Plate 12, Vol. 8, August 1 1812. Handcoloured copperplate engraving perhaps by Thomas Uwins from Rudolph Ackermann's Repository of Arts, London.The female modes of the 19th century, 1893, pl. 93, 1893  Woman, walking to the right, with a city in the background. She is wearing a pelerine with a raised collar on a matching skirt. Decorated a hat on the head with pink ribbons. Hat boxes and umbrella in the hands. Shoes with heels and pointed noses.  paper etching fashion plates. coat (+ women's clothes). skirt (+ women's clothes). head-gear: hat (+ women's clothes). shoes, sandals (+ women's clothes). bag (HANDBAG) (+ women's clothes). parasol, sunshade (+ women's clothes)Journal of ladies and fashions, 1804 - 1805    paper. printing ink. watercolor (paint) etching fashion platesAckermann's Repository of Arts, 1 September 1810, Plate 17, full. 4, No. 21: Full Dress .. 'Full Dress'. Japon with square neckline and striped sleeves. Raising collar with serrated zoom. Collier consisting of two cords with pendant in the shape of a cross. Scarf. Print from the Modelijdschrift Ackermann's' Repository of Arts', Literature, Commerce, Manufacture, Fashions and Politics' (London 1809-1828).Adimburser-jacket, Anna.Frigi costume design, Verso: Sketch of the Valkyrii costume; Thoma, Hans (1839-1924); 1895 (1895-00-00-1895-00-00);Musicienne du sérail. She holds a type of zither on a harness around her neck and hits the strings with two crooked sticks. 76, Mahmud II, Sultan of the Turks, 1784-1839, (Patron).Ace of Hearts, E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, Lithograph on paper, Ace of Hearts playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Female figure depicted in outline, wearing a dress, hat, and boots. A red heart appears as the bodice of her dress., Paris, France, late 19th century, toys & games, Playing card, Playing cardFrench beauty raking a garden, 1813. She wears her hair tied up in the Chinese style, dress with cape collar in percale cotton, Nankeen cotton gaiters. Coeffure Chinoise, Pelerine et Robe de Perkale, Guetres de Nankin. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Charles Baquoy after a fashion plate by Horace Vernet from Pierre de la Mesangeres Journal des Dames et des Modes, Magazine of Women and Fashion, Paris, 1813.Le Follet Courrier des Salons, Lady's Magazine, 1831, No. 116: morning toilet (...), 1831  Woman at a side table, in front of her is a girl on a pillow. There is a doll in the foreground. According to the caption: morning gown and children's clothing from the shops "De Lingerie de Ducellier." Print from the fashion magazine Le Follet Courrier des Salons (Novembre 1829-Octobre 1882).  paper engraving fashion plates. dress, gown: morning dress (+ women's clothes). dress, gown (+ girls' clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (+ women's clothes). head-gear: cap (+ women's clothes). shoes, sandals (+ women's clothes). underclothes for the lower part of the body: bloomers (+ girls' clothes). (playing with) dolls. laid table: table-ware, table-decoration, etc.Catherine de Medici, queen of France, reign of King Henri II of France. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' cabinet (portfolio VIII 95) from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852.Costume Français, Puise Nouveau Costume Parisien 1799-1810, No. 76: Coëfure Asiatiqu (...). Woman, seen on the back, dressed in a spencer trimmed with fur on a dress with trail. 'Coëfure Asiatique'. Long scarf trimmed with fringes, when a sash is sloping over the breast. Further accessories: gloves, impeller, flat shoes with bows and pointed noses. The print is part of a series of 142 fashion prints, 115 of which have been identified, issued by J. Chéreau, Paris, 1799-1810.Habit of a merchant of Arabia in 1568. Merchant Arabe.. Nicolay, Nicolas de, 1517-1583. Prints. 1757 - 1772. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , History, Merchants, Men , Clothing & dress , Arabian Peninsula , 1500-1599Journal des Luxus und der Moden, 1787, T 2.English woman from London dressed in a court juke, with a bodice of green satin. The skirt is trimmed with a steamed strip of fabric, decorated with bows and flowers. FICHU. Accessories: Large hat decorated with flowers and ostrich and peacock feathers, flower corsage, impeller, shoes with heels. Print from the fashion magazine Journal des Luxus und der Moden, published by Friedrich Justin Bertuch and Georg Melchior Kraus, Weimar, 1786-1826. The print is a copy to PL. 1, 4th Cahier, 20-12-1786 from 'Le Magasin des Modes Nouvelles Françaises et Anglaises'Woman in costume of the area of Caen. In the background are sailing ships docked at the quay and a building identified by Lante as a "castle in ruins." Hand-colored fashion plate illustration by Lante engraved by Gatine from Louis-Marie Lante's "Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux," 1827/1885. With their tall Alsation lace hats, the women of Caux and Normandy were famous for the elegance and style.Standing man in a fur-lined coat, Roelant Savery, 1613, Standing man, in profile to the left, dressed in a fur-lined coat., intermediary draughtsman: Roelant Savery, draughtsman: anonymous, 1613, paper, pen, brush, h 180 mm × w 99 mmHabit of a lady of Indostan. Femme des Indes Orientales.. Prints. 1757 - 1772. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , History, Women , Clothing & dress , IndiaFashion Plate (Morning Dress). England, early 19th century. Prints; engravings. Hand-colored engraving on paperFrench Cuctemous Carmet, 1795, No.19: Ders "Dowrs in long-nink Robe (...), ce. 1795  Standing unmarried woman with a squirrel on a line. She wears a dress with a pleated neck collar (fraise), long sleeves and tow. The hair is 'A la Titus'. Accessories: earring in the left ear, shoe with pointed nose. The print is part of a series of at least 20 costume prints, published by Basset, Paris, without a date (ca. 1795).  paper engraving fashion plates. dress, gown (+ women's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (+ women's clothes). rodents: squirrel. ear-rings (+ women's clothes)Lace workers, Rome, leaf from 'A Collection of Dresses by David Allan Mostly from Nature', David Allan (Alloa, Scotland, 1744 - 1796) 1776The women. Fashionable gallery, ca. 1830: As he loves me !!! (...), vs. 1830  Woman, sitting on a sofa, in a dress, partly with a floral pattern, in the middle front. Accessories: hat with feathers, gloves, belt with buckle. Next to her is a young woman in a dress and (ornamental) apron with floral pattern and scalloped hem. Letter in the hands. The print is probably part of a series of fashion prints, entitled 'Les Femmes. Gallery Fashionable 'or' Women. Fashionable Gallery '.  paper letterpress printing dress, gown (+ women's clothes). fashion plates. head-gear (+ women's clothes). gloves, mittens, etc. (+ women's clothes). apron (+ women's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (+ women's clothes). letter, envelope. couch, sofa, settee. interior of the houseCOSTUME DE HUMANN.. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866English woman in the fashion of April 1797. She wears a peaked hat with fur trim, long stole, grey dress, blue gloves, and fur muff. Handcoloured etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot Jr. from "English Costumes during the Revolution and First Empire, 1795-1806," Levy, Paris, 1879.A well-dressed lady with her  tripod-mounted camera         Date: 1899Fashionable woman walking on a windy day across Pont des Arts, Paris, 1886. Handcoloured drypoint or pointe-seche etching by Henri Boutet from Les Modes Feminines du XIXeme Siecle (Female Fashions of the 19th Century), Ernest Flammarion, Paris, 1902. Boutet (1851-1919) was a French artist, engraver, lithographer and designer.Fashionable lady ice skating on a frozen river, France, 1887. She wears a hat, fur scarf, jacket and skirt, ice skates and holds a fur muff in one hand. Handcoloured drypoint or pointe-seche etching by Henri Boutet from Les Modes Feminines du XIXeme Siecle (Feminine Fashions of the 19th Century), Ernest Flammarion, Paris, 1902. Boutet (1851-1919) was a French artist, engraver, lithographer and designer.The Corsets MerchantFelicia, portrait of the actress Miss Lefèvre; Felicia. Portrait of a young woman with a hat with ribbons tied under the chin and with a big muff. Part of a group of six portraits of actresses, probably a portrait of the actress 'Miss Lefevre'.Max Max Furs. "Model drawing". Ink on paper. 1911. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 146137-24 Fashion drawing, haute couture, feminine mode, feminine model female model mannequinMerveilleuse playing a guitar, 1800. She sits on a chair and wears a velvet and satin capote hood with plumes, short-sleeved dress with low-cut decollete revealing the breasts. Capote en Velours et Satin blanc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Journal des Modes et Dames, Paris, 1800. The illustrations in volume 4 were by Carle Vernet, Bosio, Dutailly and Philibert Louis Debucourt.Woman in hairstyle with ringlets and plumes tied with a love band, 1770s. Coiffure au Bandon d'amour. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzanne's Stylish Hairstyle or Eccentric Finery from the era of King Louis XVI, Coiffures de Style, la Parure Excentrique, Rouveyre, Paris, 1895.Incoyables et Merveilleuses, 1813, Merveilleuse, No. 18: Chapeau de Paille Garn (...) ... 'Merveilleuse' with a high straw hat on the head decorated with crepe. She is wearing a Cotton Batist Jap (percale), with high waist and mamelucus sleeves with six intermediates. Collar, sleeves and zoom decorated with strips of muslin with a bustle and dot motif. A walking stick in the right hand, which can also be used as a parasol. Further accessories: glove, checkered stockings, flat shoes with large bows. The print is part of a series of 33 fashion prints, engraved by George Jacques Gatine, Paris, 1810-1818.Farmerswoman dressed according to Lombardin Fashion, Anonymous, After Pieter Lastman, 1720 - 1772 print Landscape with farmer's wife, dressed in fashion from Lombardy, Italy. The farmer's wife is displayed and holds her apron with her left hand. She wears a dress with strung body and a large straw hat. The print is part of a twelve -part series of prints with Italian costumes. Amsterdam paper etching Europeans (with NAME) (+ costume)Woman with rug around her waist; The sign book of Abraham Bloemaert. A standing woman with bare upper body, wrapped around her waisted rug.Journal of the ladies and fashions, edit Frankfurt December 18, 1808, Parisian costume (51): velvet toque. Velvet frock., 1808 Woman in music stand on which sheet music. The accompanying text (p. 320) reports: hat of velvet, decorated with a long plume. Redingote from Velvet. White gloves, (flat) white shoes. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published in Frankfurt as a copy of the French edition of Pierre de la Mésangère, (1798-1848). Frankfurt am Main paper engraving Woman in music stand on which sheet music. The accompanying text (p. 320) reports: hat of velvet, decorated with a long plume. Redingote from Velvet. White gloves, (flat) white shoes. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published in Frankfurt as a copy of the French edition of Pierre de la Mésangère, (1798-1848). Frankfurt am Main paper engravingA woman from the Duchy of Wirtembergensi, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644  Woman from Würtemberg, in profile to the left, a tightly sitting fur hat on the head. She wears a flat pleated flaw around the neck, a skirt with horizontal stripes on which a white apron.  paper etching neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME) (+ women's clothes). head-gear: cap (+ fur used for clothes). apron (+ women's clothes) WürttembergJournal des Dames et des Modes, Costume Parisien, 29 juillet 1802, An 10, (402) : Demi fichu servant de Coeffur (...).Woman leaning on a balustrade, with a 'demi fichu' on the head serving as 'coeffure'. She is wearing a tunic 'à l'anglaise' on an underjun () With drag. Short sleeves with an ornamental letter. Further accessories: long gloves, impeller. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Laden et DES Moldes, published by Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris, 1797-1839.Woman from Malta, Léon Davent, After Luca Penni, After Nicolas de Nicolay, 1555 - 1568 print Print is part of an album. Lyon paper etching adult woman. folk costume, regional costume. Europeans (with NAME)Morning habit of a Russian lady in 1764. Femme Russe.. Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, 1734-1781. Prints. 1757 - 1772. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , History, Women , Clothing & dress , Russia , 1700-1799Gazette du Bon Ton, 1922, No. 10, pl. I: Bénédictine-Bernardine / Reformed of Port Royal / (18th century), David, 1922  Klapon with wide sleeves, inspired by the order of the Benedictines. Croquis No. I from Gazette du Bon Ton 1922, No. 10. Explanation about the clothing on page "description et explaction des planches horstexte et pages de Croquis.  paper letterpress printing fashion plates. dress, gown (+ women's clothes). shoes, sandals (+ women's clothes)Fashionable pouf bonnet from the era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle, Costumes and hairstyles of the 18th century, Cagnon, Paris, 1875. Original illustration from the Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Francais, 1778-1787.Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Hollandaise'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paperWomen in historic costume, c. 1840 - c. 1860  Study of a standing woman in a tunic and two women with a high hand. Leaf 24 Recto from a sketchbook with 38 sheets. Low Countries paper. ink. pencil pen arm raised upward. historical costumeColoniensis Wenceslas Hollar, 1643  Woman from Cologne, a hood over the head, which she holds on to two slips with both hands. Under the cloak a wide pleated, a body and skirt.  paper etching Europeans: Germans (+ women). coat (+ women's clothes). cape (HUIK) (+ women's clothes). skirt (+ women's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME) (+ women's clothes). shoes, sandals (+ women's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME) (+ women's clothes) Cologne1853, Women's fashion in nineteenth-century Paris, Boutet, Henri (1851-1919), (Artist), 1902.Joan of Arc; costume design for Jeanne d'Arc by the Paris Opera Company, 1897 1897 Charles Bianchini French. Joan of Arc; costume design for Jeanne d'Arc by the Paris Opera Company, 1897 362128Archie Thompson, Doll, c 1941 DollArt - Taste - Beauty, female elegance sheets, November 1931, No. 135, 12th year, p. 25, Isabey, 1931 magazine Sitting woman in a beige 'crepe-satin "Bellita" A.G.B. and beige fox fur, from Agnès-Decoll. Page from the fashion magazine Art-Goût-Beauté (1920-1933).  paper  fashion plates. dress, gown: evening dress (+ women's clothes). cape (+ women's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (+ fur used for clothes)Woman in giant pouf hairstyle with bonnet, pearls, flowers, ringlets, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle, Costumes and hairstyles of the 18th century, Cagnon, Paris, 1875. Original illustration from the Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Francais, 1778-1787.Medieval woman in veil and long-sleeved dress, with chair. Civil costumes from Bible 10, Manuscripts in the Bibliotheque royale. Costumes civils (MSBR Bible No. 10). Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.