#1830s french fashion

[shitpostingfromthebarricade]

At risk of having completely misunderstood what it is you wanted, here are some progress photos from the 1830s waistcoat with a shawl collar that I made in June/July using this Black Snail pattern.

hey guys quick question, how the fuCK do you stitch a shawl collar

the physics are evading me and i am Frustrated

[daguerreotyping]

Stereoview by Underwood & Underwood entitled The French Dancing Master, 1897

[designedandplated]

Children's outfits, circa 1830s.

Costume d'Enfans de quatre huit et douze ans.

Outfits for children four, eight, and twelve years old.

[hayzeydayzey]

Soir dehors dans Le Marais

[empirearchives]

Napoleon gets dancing lessons in 1811 and he apparently leaps like a goat 🤭

[heather--moors]

[clove-pinks]

La Cachucha

1837 caricature print by Jules Joseph Guillaume Bourdet (Paris Musées).

The caption reads:

Madame, savez-vous si Mademoiselle Lili dansera ce soir la Cachucha? — Non Monsieur elle a la coqueluche et sa mère est en train de la sevrer.

(Madame, do you know if Mademoiselle Lili will dance the Cachucha this evening? No Sir, she has whooping cough and her mother is weaning[?] her)

Ignoring the odd choice of words, La Cachucha is a dance of Spanish origin that was a big deal in the 1830s, and I found a delightful video:

Although the quality is not the best of the several cachucha videos on YouTube, the dancer's movements look like they're right out of 1830s social dancing illustrations!

Her costume is modeled on that of Fanny Elssler in the 1836 ballet Le Diable boiteux, which made the cachucha wildly popular:

[gogmstuff]

Glam dresses worn by Zinaida Ivanovna Yusupova (from top to bottom) -

1826-1827 Ball gown of Princess Zinaida Ivanovna Yusupova (Hermitage) From fripperiesandfobs.tumblr.com/page/5 838X1080.

1826-1827 Another ball gown of Princess Zinaida Ivanovna Yusupova (Hermitage) From fripperiesandfobs.tumblr.com/page/5 714X1080.

1826-1827 One more ball gown of Princess Zinaida Ivanovna Yusupova (Hermitage) From fripperiesandfobs.tumblr.com/page/5 656X1080.

1831-1833 Evening Dress of Princess Zinaida I. Yusupova (Hermitage). From their Web site 1351X1920.

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

attr. Henri Grevedon, "Young Girl" (c.1835)

via collections.mnbacq.org

[dejablonde]

I very definitely forgot why I was getting mail from France for a second. It's still not the crucifix I lost at the Ghovie, but it's not bad. Some of the medallions came as a lot with the crucifix, but then I got a few more of notre dame de Lourdes (different variations; some the church, some Mary, all with the apparition scene) for earring charm potential. Actually, aside from the one that turned out to be Benedict, I think they're all her.

Also, if anyone is more knowledgeable than me on 19th century jewelry, can they maybe give an estimate on age for the rosary? The oldest medallion on it is dated 1830, the newest 1881, but of course they could have been moved or added at any time, so I don't actually know.

[blue-eyed-paradis3]

I feel like I've worn this dress before

Wedding dress

ca. 1837

French

[fashionsfromhistory]

Brooch

Edgar Bense for Boucheron

c.1890

Conceived as a dazzling dragonfly with delicate plique-à-jour wings, this brooch epitomizes the Art Nouveau style in both fashion and manufacture. With its translucent wings set en tremblant and its sparking rose-cut diamonds, the present jewel catches the light brilliantly. In the enameling technique called plique-à-jour, vitreous enamel is applied to openwork wire cells without a backing, creating the transparent effect of stained glass. The house of Boucheron was founded in 1858 by Frédéric Boucheron (1830–1902). First opened in the Galerie de Valois, under the arcades of the Palais Royal, the shop was perfectly situated in the center of Second Empire Parisian luxury. In 1893 Boucheron moved to the Place Vendôme—the first of the great French houses to occupy that location—where it remains headquartered to this day, with more than 30 branches across the globe.

The MET (Accession Number: Accession Number: 2018.447.1)

[designedandplated]

Women's Summer Dress, 20th June 1834.

Chapeau en paille de riz. Robe en Mousseline brodée.

Hat of rice straw. Dress of embroidered muslin.

[cliozaur]

To distract myself from the horrors of reality, I've been diving into Javert/Valjean fanfics. Some are lovely, some captivating, and some just silly but amusing. I've even found several favourite authors. While I'm fully aware that these interpretations of Javert and Valjean bear little resemblance to Hugo’s characters, they provide entertainment, feature some recognizable traits, and are often well-written. However, as a historian, I can't help but cringe at the anachronisms and messy everyday details that crop up.

I can overlook most of these issues, given the specific nature of fanfics. However, one recurring detail that baffles me is the frequent mention of TEA in almost every Valvert fanfic set in the canon era. I can take it that they eat porridge and eggs with bacon for breakfast – let it be, at least it doesn’t happen that often. But TEA?! In France? In the 1830s? At home? To indulge in tea drinking during this period, one would have to be either a crazy Anglophile or Sinophile. And one had to be rich to afford it. While it's true that the French did drink tea (Napoleon himself was a fan), it was largely limited to aristocrats or wealthy bourgeois. Valjean might qualify as the latter, but he wouldn't likely splurge on such a fancy beverage for himself. And let's not forget that tea required expensive porcelain tea sets.

Furthermore, tea was typically enjoyed outside the home in fashionable salons de thé, rather than being a household beverage like it was in Britain. So, if you're writing Valjean/Javert (or any Les Mis) fanfic, please reconsider having them drink tea. Water and/or wine would be a much more plausible choice. Or at least explain why they drink tea. Even coffee wouldn't be ideal, as it wasn't yet a common household beverage at that time. It was the Germans who first adopted the tradition of making coffee at home, as it was initially considered unsuitable for women.

[blue-and-gilt]

French 'Sabre a l'Orientale' cavalry officers' sword

The 'Sabre a l'Orientale' (often called mameluke swords in English) gained popularity with fashionable officers during the French campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798 to 1801).

Initially, these swords would have been acquired in battle either as a trophy, from being given as a token of respect by allies, or from a surrendering foe.

However, as the fashion spread throughout Europe, local sword makers and cutlers began to produce their own interpretations of the style, such as the regulation dress sabres of British Lancers.

This sword style remains in service today as the British 1831 Pattern General Officers sword and US Marine Corps Officer dress sword.

My sword likely dates from 1810 to 1830 and caught my interest because it features an Eastern-produced shamshir blade mounted in a European-made mameluke-style hilt with cow or buffalo horn grip scales. The sword is plain and functional without the ornamentation typically found on swords belonging to senior officers. Going by the style of scabbard drag, this sword originally belonged to a French cavalry officer.

Stats: Overall Length - 950 mm Blade Length - 805 mm Curve - 75 mm Point of Balance - 1730 mm Grip Length - 125 mm Inside Grip Length - 94 mm Weight - 920 grams

[transrevolutions]

so yknow how long hair was like out of fashion for men by the 1830s? I think that only two of the canon era amis had long hair and those are jehan and enjolras.

jehan has long hair because he's a Romantic who hates societal constraints and modern fashion. enjolras has long hair because a) french revolution enthusiast and b) he literally forgets to get it cut.