Fashion Flashback: Given that fashion was instrumental in the creation of Canada, this blog series explores the development of what Canadians wore one era at a time. Various Costumes, 1631-1750. By…
Just Let me Pin on My Flat, Frilly, Fancy Abs… Stomacher and matching Gown, mid 18th century Stomachers were an essential part of a woman’s wardrobe beginning with a rise of pairs of bo…
Robe à la Polonaise 1780s The Kyoto Costume Institute
Robe a la Polonaise, ca. 1780s via Phila Museum
Autre Lévite, la juppe de couleur différente, les manches de la couleur de la juppe, le Lévite comme la Circassienne n'ayant que des manchons: au lieu d'echarpe un ruban en ceinture. Cette figure est coëffée d'un chapeau noir à la mode.
(circa 1775—1780)…
Today I'm posting 6 French Fashion plates from the 1770's and 1780's as I continue with my fashion series from the time of Marie Antoinette. I've also created a digital artpiece using two of those fashion plates as well as a nice selection of PNGs from the 1779 Walking Dress fashion plate in a variety of color combinations. I hope you Enjoy! EKDuncan digital artscene using vintage French Fashion Plates I created this digital scene in Photoshop using a variety of digital images. The main lady is one of my EKD altered fashion plates, then on the background wall I've digitally framed another of the vintage fashion plates. The table under that is actually from a Regency era 1809 Ackermann's Repository Furniture Plate. The "wallpaper" is a digital scrapbook patterned paper and the rug was created from a photo. Today's selection of French Fashion Plates Today I've chosen a selection of Promenade or Walking Dresses from the 1770's and 1780's for your viewing and crafting pleasure. 1776 French Fashion Plate - Royal Promenade Dress I used this print as the "framed" image in my artpiece at the top of the post. This is the most formal of today' s fashion plates; however the next five costumes are quite lovely too. 1780 French Fashion Plate 1782 French Fashion Plate 1787 French Fashion Plate 1778 French Fashion Plate 1779 French Fashion Plate I altered this image into a PNG and then had a blast creating a variety of color combinations from this original. I can't say I'm a big fan of the original color combination for this or a multitude of other vintage fashion plates in my collection. Many of my vintage fashion plates show some very strange color combinations and it never ceases to amaze me how much an ensemble can be altered by changing the colors. I thinks this is why I'm addicted to playing with these images and creating so many color variations from them. I also remember how frustrating it was to create prior to going digital and being stuck using an image in whatever color it appeared in; so I hope these fun color combinations help add to your crafting potential My EKDuncan Artscene from the top of the post I used the altered Olive and Pink combination of the 1779 walking dress for my digital artscene. Here are the altered PNGs I created. This is the original color combination Teal and Sable Version Slate and Grey Version Blue and Pink Version Peacock and Gold Version Olive and Pink Version Violet and Slate Version Green Version Blue Version Purple Version Brown Version Grey Version I look at a lot of things in an image before I choose it for a PNG upgrade. This 1779 fashion plate showed a lot of promise for conversion and colorizing and I was quite satisfied with my choice in subject matter once the process was complete. I thought her face was lovely, her gown elegant and her pose quite interesting for using in a digital scene. I hope you enjoy using her in your creations too. till next time...
Portrait of a young lady, c. 1780s
Fasion of 1780's
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Maternity Ensemble 1750-1800 MOMU via Europeana Fashion
Wool Quilt from about 1790-1840 Collection: Watkins Museum, Lawrence, Kansas This is the oldest quilt in the collection of our local historical society. Years ago when I read the catalog papers it was described as Amish. You can understand the mistake. In Kansas we see a lot more Amish wool quilts than we do early wool petticoat quilts, which is what it actually is, probably brought here by one of the New Englanders who came to Kansas in the 1850s. I wish I'd taken better pictures but I remember it as quilted with many fancy motifs. When it was turned over, the shapes on the front were echoed on the back. It was obvious that the center blue panel had been a quilted petticoat. The gathers had been removed and the skirt flattened out. Smaller pink square filled out the rectangle and a border of tan quilted wool was added with larger pink squares. Fashion in the last quarter of the 18th century The woman on the right is wearing a quilted petticoat. It's important to remember that the word petticoat really means skirt. Quilted petticoats were worn on the outside in the 18th century and into the 19th. See two petticoat quilts at the Quilt Index http://www.quiltindex.org/fulldisplay.php?kid=4D-85-5F http://www.quiltindex.org/fulldisplay.php?kid=47-7B-ECB These recycled petticoat bedcovers are rather common in museum collections (if not always recognized). Like the linsey-woolsey quilts described in the last post, wool and silk petticoats were too durable to discard once they were unfashionable. See this quilt made from a petticoat in the collection of Old Sturbridge Village http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/collection_viewer.php?N=26.107.6 Another madder red quilted petticoat in England. The joke is that the cobbler's wife is aping her betters--- and making do without a lady's maid. Wool petticoat from the collection of Colonial Williamsburg. Go to their search page, type in petticoat and see many examples: http://emuseum.history.org/code/emuseum.asp?page=search_basic While we are thinking about wholecloth quilting, here's a great reproduction. Underhill Tree of Life Wholecloth Quilt by Jill Meszaros, 2012 Cotton and hand quilted. Jill's entry into the 1812 Seaways Trail Quilt Challenge was named for her ancestor Major David Underhill of Ohio. Her hand quilting design inspirations: Lynne Z. Bassett's drawings in Massachusetts Quilts and a "Tree of Life Whitework Quilt" from Quilts-Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum. See more about this quilt that won second prize for Viewer's Choice here: http://1812quiltchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/03/handquilted-underhill-tree-of-life.htmlIf you are inclined to make a petticoat...click here: http://brocadegoddess.wordpress.com/quilted-petticoat/
Okay, I really had no intention of continuing this schtick. I don't just want to concentrate on the eighteenth century! I also don'...
I've created another fun digital scene using a variety of late 18th Century French Fashion Plates from the time of Marie Antoinette in a Rococo style room. This time I've incorporated two of my "framed scenes" with a great blue room background and a nice variety of fashion figures from previous posts to finish off the piece. Digital scene using late 18th Century French Fashion plates and other items. I've created an assortment of these characters in various color combinations to use in my digital art. I have included those along with the background room and frame for you crafting pleasure. Enjoy! The Background The base for the background "Blue Room" comes from a vintage paper theater backdrop from the 1880's which I digitized and extensively reworked to create the background for my final scene. EKDuncan altered version of a vintage paper theater background complete with floor and wall art. I used Photoshop to take the original and very "flat" looking image and turning it into this lovely room you see above. The time consuming process involved a variety of optical illusions to "raise" the paneling on the walls and doors, create more dimension at the area behind the curtain and above with the ceiling molding. I then added in a marble floor and "hung" a few of my digital artpieces on the walls for some added interest. I do believe the time and effort was well worth it in the end. This is what the original 1880's background looked like before I made my alterations in Photoshop This Rococo style room was the right type of backdrop for these fashions from the time of Marie Antoinette; however I wanted it to have more depth and set to making several adjustments to it digitally. I believe my final version achieved that goal when you compare this original version to my adjusted version that is pictured above it. The Wall Art These are the images I used as the wall art in the final scene. The original post for each can be seen HERE and HERE The Frame Fleur-de-Lis frame This is the image I've been using to "frame" all my artwork pieces for this series of Late 18th Century French Fashion plates. The 1778 French Fashion Plate Figure - Back View The Lady in Grey This is my "silver" colorized versions of an 1778 French Fashion Plate. The original fashion plate and all the colorized versions can be seen HERE The 1779 Male Fashion Plate Figure Gentleman Escort to the Lady in Grey This is my new "slate and blue" colorized version of a 1779 French Fashion Plate. The original fashion plate and other colorized versions can be seen HERE The 1778 Fashion Plate Figure Lady in Blue This "Blue Lady" is one of my colorized version based on a 1778 French Fashion Plate. She is based on this original fashion plate 1778 French Fashion Plate - Grand Ceremony Dress with Paniers I originally posted this fashion plate - HERE along with other 1770 fashions. For my artpiece at the top of this post; I took the original image, created a digital png figure and created several color version of her. The original color scheme as a PNG image Green Version Rose Version Mocha Version Pink Version Plum Version 1783 Fashion Plate Figure Lady in Teal This "Teal Lady" is one of my colorized version based on a 1783 French Fashion Plate. She is based on this original fashion plate 1783 French Fashion Plate - Grand Robe à la Française I originally posted this fashion plate - HERE along with other 1780 fashions. For my artpiece at the top of this post; I took the original image, created a digital png figure and created several color version of her. Here she is in the original color scheme Plum Version Green Version Blue Version Rose Version It usually takes me a bit of trial and error to figure out which figures and color schemes work best together when creating a digital scene. By the time it was all said and done this was my final composition choice for this digital artpiece. My Rococo Room creation with 18th Century Fashionable Figures One of my favorite things about this series of vintage fashion plates I've been posting about for the past few months; is the great assortment of poses they were created in. I think a variety of poses in a scene helps to create interest and the illusion motion. I especially like the lady that appears to be walking into the next room. She adds so much to this piece as she appears to gracefully glide through the scene and keeps your eye moving to the right along with her. I'll be back with more fashions for the time of Marie Antoinette a bit later on. Till next time...
