Antique-Gown

 
When Napoléon Bonaparte put the crown on his head in 1804 and France became an empire, the simple fashions of the time ended with the Republic. However, the shape of dresses and suits remained largely unchanged: high waists for women and men. Embroidery came into fashion, as with this dress. Empire fashion took up the first styles of the Biedermeier period as early as 1810 and finally merged seamlessly with it in 1820.

This antique dress is a two-piece consisting of a dress and a spencer. The fabric is a thin cotton fabric embroidered all over with small red leaves. What a piece of needlework! The spencer has a jagged collar embroidered with small branches with red berries. The long sleeves have embroidery in the form of tendrils with leaves in the cuff area. Small puffed sleeves, which were fashionable at this time (in the 1830s there were huge gigot sleeves). Fastened at the back with buttons. The hem of the skirt is elaborately embroidered. Vines, leaves, flowers and abstract figures have been combined to create a small work of art. Everything is in the autumnal color red-yellow-brown. In very good to excellent condition. Minor stains. Subtle signs of wear. The decoration is not included.

Length: ~ 135 cm

Price: 2.450 Euro