Dress of red silk machine-made net, with high waist, low neck and short, slightly gathered sleeves. The bodice fastens at the centre back with a narrow red silk ribbon at the waistline. The neckband and sleeves and a v-shaped insertion in the bodice front are embroidered with a design of rosebud garlands worked in pink, red and green chenille. This embroidery is repeated at the hem, with a wider trail of roses and rosebuds. It apparently had a red under-dress.

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𝚃𝚠𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚢, 1808 𝚊𝚗𝚍 1815

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Dress

c. 1810

white silk net, embroidered with straw and yellow beads

Victoria and Albert Museum

Silk gauze alert! And the 1820s. And stripes! You probably know this about me by now, but I adore Regency and Long Regency style clothing, and the 1820s are among my favorites. You can see the waist here starting to slowly creep down, so it isn't quite so high as the decade before.

This particular dress has a bit of staining, but that's not surprising given the material. Silk gauze is extremely fragile, and this particular version has a feather motif woven into it as well.

The braided bottom and embellishments on the bodice and sleeves are made of silk satin and are called rouleaux. This is very common in gowns from the 1820s and 1830s, adding a fascinating almost sculptural aspect to the gowns.

I also adore the color here, that sweet gentle green that speaks of spring. From the Maryland Center for Humanities.

Ball gown of embroidered net

c. 1820

Great Britain

Victoria and Albert Museum

Dress c.1812-15

Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845) Les Amateurs d'Estampes

Pelisse, 1818

From the Maryland Center for History and Culture

“Napoleon and the Empire of Fashion”