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Silver silk tea gown, 1894, French.
Designed by Jean-Philippe Worth.
Met Museum.
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FLANNEL BACKED PRINTED COTTON MOTHER HUBBARD, 1890s
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Tea-gown of pink silk satin by Russell and Allen, cut in the kimono style with lace trim and tassel at the back c.1908 - 1914. Photograph by John Chase. Chertsey Museum.
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Cotton wrapper, 1863-1865
Wrappers were meant to be worn in the privacy of one's own home while breakfasting or doing chores. If there were any unexpected visitors, a lady could wear a beautifully trimmed wrapper to receive visitors, otherwise only sick people and new mothers would wear them while entertaining guests. A corset (loosely laced) was meant to be worn underneath as well as the underskirt that was visible through the opening below the waist.
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Day Dress
1880-1885
United States
The MET (Accession Number: C.I.65.2.1a, b)
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ab. 1760 Man's banyan (informal robe) (Spitalfields (London), England)
silk damask (figured silk in the style of Anna Maria Garthwaite)
(Royal Ontario Museum)
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Green Silk Coat with Fur Trim, 1901, French.
Designed by Jean-Philippe Worth.
Met Museum.
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Night Gown
early 18th century
The Victoria & Albert Museum
"The loosely cut style of this man's informal robe is based on that of the Japanese kimono. Robes like this became popular in Europe from the mid-17th century, brought back by members of the East India Company, and by the 1670s European tailors were making them. The exact geographic and cultural source of the style was not generally well known in England, where they were called 'Indian gowns' when made of any non-European fabric, for example, Indian cottons, Chinese or Indian silks.
This nightgown is a striking and rare example, in very good condition for its age, made from blue silk damask woven in China for import into Europe. Such silks were primarily intended for furnishing, and appear in merchants' records as 'bed damasks'; the length of their pattern repeat was displayed to best advantage in the long drop of bed curtains. A silk damask of closely similar design to this was used to furnish a room in the summer palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Schlosshof, in 1725 (now in MAK in Vienna)."
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Banyan
1785
The Kyoto Costume Institute
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Banyan
1750s
The Victoria & Albert Museum
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Banyan
1780s
The Maryland Center for History and Culture
"Red silk banyan owned and worn by Solomon Etting (1764-1847). Banyans, the loose robes or dressing gowns men wore informally in their homes, reveal the influences from the Middle East and Far East in the Western World. Constructed from luxurious imported fabrics, such as hand-painted India chintzes and Chinese silks, these robes symbolized a man’s worldliness and connections to foreign lands. Such a visual proclamation from Etting’s own banyan coincides with his career as a merchant involved in the Baltimore East India Trading Company."
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