Regency black dress

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"Gallician frock of black Italian gauze over a white slip: short sleeves. Head-dress composed of pearl cordons and rich plumes of white ostrich feathers ..."

The Property of a GentlemanThomas Phillips, R.A.Dudley 1770 - 1845 LondonPortrait of Elizabeth Cochrane-Johnstone (1784–1883), ag

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Vanity Fair," December 15, 1977–September 3, 1978.Saint Louis Art Museum. "Vanity Fair: Four Centuries of Fashion from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 3, 1979–April 1, 1979

Woman on left wears a dark gray morning dress with long sleeves and an empire waist. The dress is trimmed with black at the hem, cuffs, and along the front closure. The sleeves puff a bit at the shoulders; these puffs are decorated with black. The dress has a black band under the bust, a line of black buttons or beads that scoops along the yoke, and a high, lacy white collar edged in black. The woman wears dark gray gloves and shoes. Her cylindrical, dark gray hat is trimmed with black…

Evening dress, ca. 1818, English; Embroidered black net with applied decoration

Sold by Christies - Court Dress: ca. 1810-1820, velvet trimmed with metallic lace throughout, slightly trained.

Woman dress in lead gray georgette, black velvet application.

Early 1800s black round gown Museo de Traje While hunting through my stash for some silk to make an early 19th century waistcoat front, I uncovered 5 metres of black silk organza that I had totally forgotten about, it will be perfect for a Regency bib fronted gown, similar to the round gown on the left. Did I want to make a Regency mourning gown for a Festival though? Well, why not, 'In the midst of life we are in death:' I could be mourning any of the Royals as Elizabeth Grant amusingly…

Today I continue posting more Regency Fashions from the pages of Ackermann's Repository and want to call your attention to "mourning dress" as viewed by those of Regency England. My last post for the year 1817 ended with two mourning fashion plates. This was due to the fact that all of England was in mourning over the death of their beloved Princess Charlotte. Ackermann's then continued the mourning fashion plates in memory of Princess Charlotte by showing two more in January 1818 and then…