Description
Casaquin and petticoat set in changeable silk, Louis XVI period, circa 1787. Gorge-de-Pigeon changing silk taffeta. Caraco with basques and long sleeves, ruffle gathered on the wrist, basques and around the compères crossed, bust highlighted with flat seams, lining linen string. Petticoat of the same fabric mounted with flat pleats on a slide with slits to access the pockets and large flounce (29 cm high) at the bottom of the skirt. Dim: Caraco: 60 cm - Shoulder width: 29 cm - Petticoat: 90 cm high Width of the strip: 70 cm Condition: good, two brown spots on top of the right sleeve. 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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Casaquin and petticoat set in changeable silk, Louis XVI period, circa 1787. Gorge-de-Pigeon changing silk taffeta. Caraco with basques and long sleeves, ruffle gathered on the wrist, basques and around the compères crossed, bust highlighted with flat seams, lining linen string. Petticoat of the same fabric mounted with flat pleats on a slide with slits to access the pockets and large flounce (29 cm high) at the bottom of the skirt. Dim: Caraco: 60 cm - Shoulder width: 29 cm - Petticoat: 90 cm high Width of the strip: 70 cm Condition: good, two brown spots on top of the right sleeve. 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.
