How did a Regency lady keep warm outdoors in winter weather? A pelisse was better than a spencer. @joannamaitland gives examples of pelisses from 1800-1820
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Yellow spotted muslin dress with decorative panel of silk blonde bobbin lace c.1815
Canezou [overbodice/jacket] with pleated back. Silk fichu. Dress of cotton.
Ball dress made of patterned silk gauze showing pink dots with flower cups sleeves.
Sleeve detail, ball gown made in Gt Britain, 1815 
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Journal des dames et des modes -- 1814-11-25 -- fascicules
Back of View B
La Belle Assemblée or, Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine Addressed Particularly to the Ladies
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Promenade Dresses, July 1805, Fashions of London & Paris
