Carriage Dresses

French Walking or Carriage Costume, January 1802

The diamond-shaped back panel is seen on some female riding habits, and the pleats falling from the high waist are beautifully done...

Carriage Dress and Full Dress, April 1807

"A CAPOTE A LA RUSSE, is composed of a mantle and head-dress in one, to cover the figure; it is made of sky blue velvet or silk...

Carriage and Full Dresses, June 1807

"A short train of fine India muslin, enriched with a magnificent border of white satin round the bottom, crosses the front and continues to the end of the train; a loose body of the same, with short full sleeves...

Carriage and Walking Dresses, November 1807

"A Danish robe and mantle is formed of beautiful carmine soft satin shot with white; the mantle is made with two gores and one seam behind, the left arm being confined in a long sleeve of the same...

Walking or Carriage Dress, March 1809

"CARRIAGE COSTUME: A Polanese coat, and Saragossa mantle, of fine Vigonia cloth; the colour spring green, trimmed round the edges and up the front of the coat with black velvet bindings, and edgings of gold lace...

Carriage or Promenade Dress, January 1810

"A round cottage gown of fine cambric or jaconet muslin, ornamented at the feet, collar, and wrists with borders of needle-work, or fine fringe. The waist confined at the bottom with a white ribbon, tied in short bows and ends behind....

Half-Mourning Walking or Carriage Dress, December 1810

"A black bombazine or sarsnet round robe, with high bosom, and long sleeves with white Spanish weepers, trimmed round the bottom, at the front, and round the bosom, with a thin chain of crape. A white crape habit-shirt, with high collar,...

Mourning Carriage Dress, January 1811

" Gown of black Italian gauze worn over white, with long sleeves made high in the neck, with antique ruff à-la-Queen Elizabeth, ornamented round the bottom with a grey flossed silk trimming. A mantle of French grey satin, with collar fastened on the right shoulder...

Walking or Carriage Dress, February 1811

"A military coat or pelisse of amber-coloured velvet, or Merino cloth, with Spanish cuffs, and high fluted collar, trimmed entirely round with Astracan fur....

Carriage Dress, March 1811

"A bias corded muslin dress, a walking length, with long sleeves, made high in the neck, with collar; buttoned down the front of the waist with narrow lilac satin ribband...

Carriage Dress, November 1811

"A plain high morning robe of India muslin, with an à la Grecque border of needle-work at the feet. A French wrapping coat of grey or blossom-coloured silk...

Carriage or Walking Dress, January 1812

"A Plain cambric morning robe, with high collar, trimmed with lace. A Polish demi-pelisse of fine Lama or Merino cloth, richly embroidered up the front, on the bottom collar and cuffs...

Promenade or Carriage Costume, May 1812

" A round spencer robe of blossom-coloured sarsnet, trimmed with tufted Chinese silk fringe; a drapery of deep vandyke black lace, continued round the back and shoulders to the bottom...

Morning Walking or Carriage Dress, October 1812

"A plain jaconet muslin robe, formed high in the neck, with double frills of deep vandyke lace. A grey satin spencer, ornamented with silver cord and buttons en militaire...

Morning Walking or Carriage Dress, December 1812

"A Russian mantle of pale fawn-coloured cloth or velvet, with capes of the same; trimmed entirely round with angola trimming fur...

Carriage Dress, April 1813

"A high round robe of jaconet or cambric muslin, plaited bodice, long sleeve, and deep falling frill, terminated with a vandyke of needle-work. A Russian mantle, of pomona or spring green sasnet...

Carriage Dress, December 1813

"Pink or scarlet cloth mantle, with a broad velvet ribband to correspond, a spencer of the same materials, one sleeve of which is concealed by the folds of the mantle; the collar, which is high and puckered, fastens at the throat with a broach...

Evening Opera Dress and Carriage Dress, December 1813

"A round robe of morone or crimson-soloured Merino, kerseymere, or queen's cloth, ornamented round the bottom and up the front with a fancy gold embroidered border....

Morning Carriage Dress, January 1814

"Pelisse of the fashionable blue cloth, fastened down the front with small flaps, edged with silk trimming to correspond, in a manner that is perfectly novel, and that has a very elegant effect;...

Carriage Dress, February 1814

"A pelisse of the most delicate fawn colour Irish poplin, the skirt an easy fullness, the body tight to the shape, very short in the waist, and broad in the back....

Promenade or Carriage Costume, March 1814

"The Austrian shawl cloak, composed of pale dove-coloured cloth, lined throughout with rose-coloured satin or sarsnet, trimmed entirely round with a broad sable fur...

Carriage or Walking Dress, May 1814

"The Bourbon mantle of azure crape worn with this dress is remarkably novel and elegant; it is ornamented behind with white satin, which forms the back in a manner perfectly original and singularly tasteful...

Carriage or Walking Dress, June 1814

"High Dress of jaconet muslin, with a triple lace ruff, and a profusion of lace let in round the neck. The bottom of this dress is trimmed in a most elegant style...

Carriage or Walking Dress, November 1814

"This walking or carriage dress is perfectly new, highly appropriate to the season, and will most probably be the prevailing morning dress for November. There is great ingenuity in the mantle...

Carriage Dress, June 1815

"White satin pelisse, richly ornamented at the feet with clusters of leaves made in white twilled sarsnet, headed with tull; open fronts, trimmed to the bottom of the waist with a superb shell trimming of white satin ribbon and tull;...

Carriage Dress, September 1815

"Cambric muslin, jacconet, or French cambric dress, of short walking length, ornamented round the skirt with four borders of embroidery laid on...

Carriage Dress, January 1816

"High dress composed of the finest dark blue ladies' cloth; it is made up t the throat, but without a collar, has a slight fullness in the back, and falls very much off the shoulder...

French Carriage Costume, January 1816

Carrick made of light tan-colored wool with a standing collar, which appear to be embroidered with a simple geometric design. The capes would have been attached to the front of the collar with buttons...

Carriage Dress, March 1816

"A high body of jaconet muslin, with a lace frill, over which is a low one, formed of pink silk, and trimmed with the same material; the upper part of the trimming is tastefully ornamented with bows of pink ribbon...

Carriage Dress, November 1816

"High dress of fine French cambric; the border ornamented with four tucks, and finished by a broad muslin flounce; full double ruff of fine lace, left open at the throat...

Carriage Dress, December 1816

"A gown of pale faun-colour cloth, made a walking length, and trimmed round the bottom with four rows of rich blue silk trimming. The body, which is cut very low, is ornamented in such a manner as to have a novel appearance...

Walking or Carriage Dress, January 1817

The pink coat is made of levantine, which is a twilled sarsnet. That seems a bit lightweight for a winter coat (sarsnet is a type of silk), but it is trimmed in all that white fur...

Carriage Dress, January 1817

"A velvet pelisse of bright carmine red. Superbly trimmed with ermine; the tops of the sleeves caught up à-la-Mancheron, with rich military silk chain work, the colour of the pelisse. Russian hussar cap of ermine, ornamented with gold military chain...

Carriage Dress, February 1817

"A white poplin round dress, made half-high, with plain long sleeves; the body and bottom of the sleeves are trimmed with puffings of blond, intermixed with white satin and a single flounce of deep blond lace...

Carriage Dress, March 1817

"Round dress of dove-coloured sarsnet, ornamented at the border with four rows of quilling of white satin ribband. A three-quarter pelisse of rich pale blue levantine, buttoned down the front...

Carriage Dress, June 1817

"Round dress of India book muslin, elegantly embroidered and finished by a flounce of the most superb needle-work. Spenser of Armozean silk, the ground white, with narrow stripes of satin, the color of the purple lily of Sharon...

Carriage Costume, November 1817

"Pelisse of the Cachemire manufacture; the ground white, ornamented with a dine vermillion red. Bonnet of vermillion-coloured satin, embossed with straw...

Half-Mourning Carriage Dress, January 1818

"Bombazeen high dress: the body, which is quite plain, fastens behind. There is no collar, but it is trimmed full round the throat with black crape...

Carriage Dress, March 1818

"Pelisse of celestial blue satin, fastened down the front with Brandenbourgs of polished steel. Toque hat of spotted blue velvet...

Mourning Carriage Dress, December 1818

""Round dress of Bombazine, elegantly finished at rhe border with a broad black velvet, surmounted by a flounce of fine white muslin, headed by a rouleau of of the same...

 

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