#robe à la française

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Robe à la française

1770-1790

Amsterdam Museum

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1770-1775 Robe à la française, consisting of an overcoat and skirt

silk

(Centraal Museum, Utrecht)

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Purple Silk Robe à la Française, 1770-1775, English.

Victoria and Albert Museum.

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Woman’s Dress (Robe à la française). France (1760s-1770s).

Silk taffeta.

Images and text information courtesy LACMA.

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Robe à la Française, Part II

Fig. 1: Robe à la française • 1730-1740 • © Stanislas Wolff / Paris Musées, Palais Galliera

When I was researching the Rococo fashion era, I collected so many images and I have to share some of my favorites. It's not so much the style of the Robe à la Française that I like (though I do very much like the box pleats and drape of the back) but the fabrics, colors, and patterns. Fig. 1 shows a gorgeous print in a beautiful color combination. Such a print for a dress today wouldn't work very well, as contemporary dresses don't have the volume of the 18th century styles, nor the lovely draping in the back of the Robe à la Française.

The Robe à la Française was derived from the loose negligee sacque dress of the earlier part of the century, which was pleated from the shoulders at the front at the back.

Metropolitan Museum of Art • 1760-70 • Silk, cotton

The silhouette was achieved with a funnel-shaped bust joining wide rectangular skirts. The wide skirts were supported by panniers and hoops constructed from cane, metal, and baleen. Fig. 2 shows a portrait sitter wearing a Robe à la Française with a contrasting underskirt.

Fig. 2: Artist unknown (British). Mrs. Cadoux, ca. 1770

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The Love Letter (early 1770s) by Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806), oil on canvas, 83.2 × 67 cm, The Jules Bache Collection, 1949, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

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18th century dresses at Malmaison in France. Current exhibition from the Château de Bois-Préau: 1769, Corsica at the Birth of Napoleon Bonaparte

For several years, the National Museum of the House of Bonaparte in Ajaccio, Napoleon's birthplace where his family lived since the end of the 15th century, has been exploring with talent the history of Corsican society, the architecture of patrician houses, their furnishings and the art of living in Corsica in the 18th century.

For the first time, the synthesis of this work will be presented at the National Museum of châteaux des Malmaison and Bois-Préau on the ground floor of the newly restored Château de Bois-Préau.

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Some more 1780s big hair fashion -

Top left  ca. 1780 Robe à la française (location ?). From fripperiesandfobs.tumblr.com-page/2 1548X1146.

Top right  ca. 1780 Robe à l'anglaise (Museo de la Moda - Santiago, Chile). From 18thcenturylove.tumblr.com-tagged-robe+a+l'anglaise-page-2 1678X1250.

Second row  ca. 1780 Four views of robe à la Polonaise (Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City, New York, USA). From their Web site 2893X1315.

Third row  ca. 1780 Robe à la Polonaise (Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City, New York, USA). From their Web site 900X1200.

Fourth row  1781 The Tea Garden by ? (British Museum - London, UK). From their Web site 3968X5518.

Fifth row  1781 (probable exh' date) Adélaïde Genet, Madame Auguié (1758-1794), sister of Mme. Campan by Anne Vallayer-Coster (Sotheby's - 8Jul09 auction Lot 41). From their Web site; fixed spots w Pshop 3428X4290.

Sixth row  1781 Ernestine Fredérique, Princess de Croy by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Lebrun (Nationalmuseum - Stockholm, Sweden). From Wikimedia 1067X1349.

Seventh row  1783 Madame Charles Mitoire, née Christine-Geneviève Bron (1760-1842), avec ses enfants by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (Getty Museum - Los Angeles, California, USA). From their Web site; fixed spots & edges w Pshop 2332X2965

Eighth row  ca. 1785 Princesse de Lamballe by French school (location ?). From servimg.com-view-18669219-6356 812X973.

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Rococo at Robe à la Française. Daily introduction of stylish people who gather in "Kawaii Cult"!

Ruka (From Ibaraki, living in Tokyo) Adult, 156cm Today's fashion theme Nobility Blouse♛ Innocent World Stocking ♛ Tablowo Hat, dress ♛ At Alamode Market Twitter @rukaxx

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Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française)

France, textile circa 1750, constructed circa 1760 Linen plain weave with wool embroidery Dress: center back length: 60 in. (152.4 cm) Petticoat: center front length: 34 1/2 in. (86.96 cm)

LACMA

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Dress – robe à la française (late 1770s; fabric 1750-60s) The Kyoto Costume Institute (KCI), photo by Takashi Hatakeyama 公益財団法人 京都服飾文化研究財団, 撮影いただきました畠山崇 様 Kyōto Fukushoku Bunka Kenkyū Zaidan Ivory Lyons silk striped brocade with floral pattern of chenille; self-fabric trim; matching petticoat; stomacher of matching fabric with flower ornaments of chenille; sabot sleeves. Detailed description

• Dress (“robe à la française”). Date: Late 1770’s (fabric: 1750-60’s) Place of origin: France

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Blue Quilted Silk Robe à la Française, ca. 1750, European.

Met Museum.

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Florence très parisienne élégante dans sa robe moulante.

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Rococo Fashion: Robe à la Française

The robe à la française was derived from the loose negligee sacque dress of the earlier part of the 18th century, which was pleated from the shoulders at the front and the back. The silhouette, composed of a funnel-shaped bust feeding into wide rectangular skirts, was inspired by Spanish designs of the previous century and allowed for expansive amounts of textiles with delicate Rococo curvilinear decoration.

The wide skirts, which were often open at the front to expose a highly decorated underskirt, were supported by panniers created from padding and hoops of different materials such as cane, baleen or metal.

The robes à la française are renowned for the beauty of their textiles, the cut of the back employing box pleats and skirt decorations, known as robings, which showed endless imagination and variety.

Jean-François de Troy (French, 1679–1752) • La Déclaration d'amour • 1731

Robe à la Française • 18th century (probably 1770s) • silk

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I had no idea this meme painting was made by Jacques-Louis David 😂😂

Also, he made it the year Napoleon was born, 1769