Description
Set consisting of a casaquin and its petticoat in silk Mexican, circa 1775-1785. Royal blue taffeta adorned with polychrome fleurons in drag. Pleated back bodice and long basque fan straight sleeves highlighted with a white satin bias at the elbow. Lining buckram blue indigo. Full skirt of the same fabric, very nice condition of the silk. Dim: Casaquin: 31 and 64 cm high with basque Shoulder width: 21 cm Petticoat: 84 cm high Bibliography: Exhibition Catalogue, Costumes of the Comtat Venaissin - 18th and 19th century, at the Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs de Pernes-les-Fontaines, 2012, Ed. Conservatoire du Costume Comtadin.
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Set consisting of a casaquin and its petticoat in silk Mexican, circa 1775-1785. Royal blue taffeta adorned with polychrome fleurons in drag. Pleated back bodice and long basque fan straight sleeves highlighted with a white satin bias at the elbow. Lining buckram blue indigo. Full skirt of the same fabric, very nice condition of the silk. Dim: Casaquin: 31 and 64 cm high with basque Shoulder width: 21 cm Petticoat: 84 cm high Bibliography: Exhibition Catalogue, Costumes of the Comtat Venaissin - 18th and 19th century, at the Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs de Pernes-les-Fontaines, 2012, Ed. Conservatoire du Costume Comtadin.
