Description:
Woman's one-piece, printed cotton round gown featuring a bib-front construction, high waist, overly long sleeves, and a train. The gown illustrates the fashion for affordable English-printed cottons in fashion by the turn of the 19th century, including formal gowns, and the use of these fabrics even for formal garments. The cotton displays a small, dense yellow and brown block-printed seaweed pattern, that may have been the "sad" or "drab" color patterns known by the late 18th-century that featured limited color patterns and an absence of red. By the 1780s, English and European cottons began to compete with superior Indian-decorated cottons in terms of colorfast, bright designs. Gown construction changed significantly during the 1790s, as illustrated by this garment. Gowns by 1800 were often made from lighter-weight silk or cotton, closed or round, and made with higher waistlines to reflect a vogue for classical styles and art. Center front (CF): 45.5"; 31.5" waist; train about 26" long.
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