On the terrace of the Tuileries, 1798
This plate depicts a couple in the garden of the Tuileries. She is wearing a typical flowing white, empire waist dress and a bonnet. Over her neo-classical style dress, she is wearing a 'spencer jacket', though... More
Claude Louis Desrais - Incroyable coat of arms
The Incroyables were males who wore extreme or cutting-edge fashions in the 1790s (their female counterparts were the Merveilleuses). Français : Un Incroyable, 1798, dessin de Claude-Louis Desrais (1746-1816).
Nikolaus Heideloff Morning Dresses
Deutsch: Zwei Seiten aus Nikolaus Heideloffs Modemagazin mit "Morning Dresses"
1798-spencer-sketch - Public domain portrait engraving
Day dress with short "spencer" jacket, ca. 1798, for a fashion plate engraving (to be published in Vienna?).
1798-balloon-henri - A drawing of a man and a woman on a hot air ballo...
An illustration of ballooning, from the Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1797-1798. The writing on the falling pieces of paper reads: "Rapport sur le premier voyage aërien du Citoyen Garnerin avec la Citoyenne H... More