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My poor neglected blog! I've been busy with my dissertation and dance so I haven't done a lot of sewing lately, but just last Saturday I went to the 18th century Spring Masquerade again, arranged by L'Amusette in Tampere. Here's a couple of photos of me wearing the 1790s round gown and beaded bodice ensemble I made last autumn. Photos by Sanna-Mari Karppinen & Nora Juusela Sanna did the impossible and made me look pretty in the photos! This was the easiest historical hairdo ever: I put my…

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The Green Goblin: A 1790s Round Gown – American Duchess Blog

The remainder.... It's a few days before Jane Austen Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, and I've stitched the last stitch of a new gown for this year's event. And what a horror it is. I'm glad to be done. This gown started out so well (don't they all) but

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Round gown Date: ca. 1795 Culture: Italian Medium: silk, linen Accession Number: 1979.20a–e, g

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Eighteenth-Century Woman," December 12, 1981–September 5, 1982.New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire," December 12, 1989–April 15, 1990

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1790s Musings and Inspirations

I'm back to square one with what to wear to Maggie's wedding in October. (Nevermind my own wedding, I've got that one figured out, haha) My ORANGE! sari dress just...no, so now I'm bimbling around back where I'm more comfortable - the 1790s. Is it totally

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I decided that I'd like to have a round gown for summer. Eliminating one layer of fabric certainly helps when going to events on 90+ degree days. A round gown is simply a closed front gown and it would be worn over one petticoat. My first task was to study some pics of extants. You'll notice that they are all similar in style. The top picture is of a center front closing gown with robings which give it the appearance of having a stomacher. There were a number with long sleeves. Basically…

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