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1805 Dress and Spencer - Side

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Blue Wool Spencer Jacket

The Spencer is a little bit more imagined than the gown. I didn't have one pattern to work from so I compiled what I knew and what I could see in photos and from the patterns I had. (this includes J. A.'s Patterns of Fashion and the kyoto institute's costume book.) The jacket is lined with striped silk. The decorative buttons on the front are covered wooden beads that my father cut in half on his power saw for me.

The closure is hooks and bar-tacks. the hooks where hand made from brass jewelry wire.


1805 Linen Morning Dress

Pale blue linen bib- fronted dress based on patterns in Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion and Nora Waugh's The Cut of Woman's Clothes. The pattern was draped by me to mimic those in the books.

All sewing on this dress and it's undergarment was done by hand in the closest thing I could get to period techniques. Those undergarment's are a pair of transition stays (1795 to 1800), a short sleeved linen shift and a bodiced cotton petticoat. There is a small bustle pad attached to the interior of the dress by two eyelets and a lacing. (by small I mean about 4" by 3" ) It allows the fullness at the back of the gown to puff out just a little and give it the right look.

The decoration on the sleeves and bib is a very simple narrow lace which I sewed done in V patterns. I got the Idea from some pictures in The Cut of Woman's Clothes.



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Image size
1800x2592px 1009.7 KB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D40X
Shutter Speed
10/5000 second
Aperture
F/5.6
Focal Length
200 mm
ISO Speed
640
Date Taken
Oct 11, 2008, 2:14:55 PM
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Sharkysaur's avatar
beautiful dress and jacket combo.