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This lovely robe à la française is from the Think Pink exhibition (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) that I've written about previously here and here.
Made of silk taffeta with lace, the gown features the serpentine
self-trim, stomacher with bows and lace, and the deeply flounced
petticoat and sleeve ruffles that all were the height of Parisian
fashion c. 1760-70. Any European or colonial American lady would have
loved to have worn such a gown – except that there's a slight problem
with the size. (Read more.)
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Courteous comments are welcome. If a comment is not published, it may be due to a technical error. At any rate, do not take offense; it is nothing personal. Slanderous comments will not be published. Anonymity may be tolerated, but politeness is required.
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