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The interrupted sleep
Francois Boucher: 1750
Style: Rococo
Genre: pastorale

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Diana and Cupid (1761), Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1708-1787)

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Alexandra and Elena Pavlovna, by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, ca. 1795-1797

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Court dress of Louisa Ulrika of Sweden ca. 1751
From the Royal Armory and Hallwyl Museum

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Alexander Roslin, Portrait of a French Lady

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A flock of sheep that leisurely pass byOne after one; the sound of rain, and beesMurmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas,Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky -I’ve thought of all by turns, and still I lieSleepless…~William Wordsworth, “To Sleep”
Lit à La Duchesse En Impériale
ca. 1782-83
I sense a theme coming up!!!

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Lavinia Spencer by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Probably 1780s.

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Portrait of a lady, said to be Marie-Madeleine Guimard, called Mademoiselle Guimard, ballerina of the Paris Opéra.

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Madame de Pompadour By Boucher 1750.

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This gown’s amazing floral silk material was hand painted in China in the 1760s. It was later imported to England where it was made into a Robe à l’anglaise circa 1785.

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Dress (Robe à la Française)
c. 1775-1800
Met

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ss (“robe à la française”)

c. 1760 (fabric: c. 1750)-France
Material: Orange Lyons brocade with plant pattern, trims; double-flounced pagoda sleeves; stomacher, petticoat in matching fabric. This is a typical Rococo period women’s dress, “robe à la française”. The ensemble shown here consists of a gown, the petticoat much like what we would call a skirt today, and a stomacher made in a triangular panel shape. The gown opens in the front, and has large pleats folded up at the back. All this would be worn after formed with a corset and pannier, which acted as underclothes. Until clothing accepted drastic changes with the 1789 French Revolution, rich outfits, such as is shown here, were worn.
During 18th century France, the court culture termed “Rococo” blossomed. The clothes of this period, like those shown here, used luxurious silk textiles made in Lyon, France. The dress itself, in addition to already utilizing decorative textile, also adorned lace, ribbon, artificial flowers, and other ornaments were excessive but represented sophisticated spirits.
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Dress (“robe à la française”)
c. 1775-France
Material: Beige silk satin with thin stripe and dot pattern; “compères” front; matching petticoat; padded three-dimensional decoration; trimmed with fly fringe and chenille.A dress that demonstrates the magnificence achievable with hand work. The subdued impression given by the elegant monochrome all the more augments the tranquil refinement of numerous ornaments created by needle and thread, along with raised decorations that ripple like the shiny luster of silk satin. Needlework ornaments made with typical French quilting techniques such as “bouillonné”, where the cloth is gathered together to create bulk, “boutis”, which incorporates cotton padding, and “tuyauté”, where the fabric is brought into a tube-like shape, are repeated throughout the garment. These techniques may be simplistic, but they are raised to an extraordinary level of refinement in the ensemble shown here. Moreover, the delicate ornaments of chenille and fly fringes are also an expression of graceful beauty, conveying the sophistication of the Rococo France court culture.
KCI

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