Category: 1800-1809

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1800-1809

1800-1809, 19th century, decade overview

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1995 – Lee, Sense and Sensibility

The film Sense and Sensibility is based on a novel of the same name by Jane Austen, originally published in 1811. The adapted screenplay was written by Emma Thompson, who also plays one of the lead characters, Elinor Dashwood, whose costumes are the focus of this study.

1801 – Marie Denise Villers, Young Woman Drawing

1800-1809, 19th century, artwork analysis

This painting by a young female artist was probably done of one of her friends in their painting studio and features a woman dressed in fashionable neoclassical simplicity.

pelisse

1790-1799, 1800-1809, 1810-1819, 19th century, P, term definition

A woman’s long coat with long sleeves and a front opening, used throughout the 19th century; can also refer to men’s military jackets and women’s sleeved mantles.

spencer jacket

1790-1799, 1800-1809, 1810-1819, 19th century, J, S, term definition

A short waist- or bust-length jacket worn in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Style Revolution: Journal des Dames et des Modes (1797-1804) Digitized!

1790-1799, 1800-1809, blog

The Morgan Library & Museum’s collection of prints includes an extremely rare set of the world’s most radical fashion plates. Recently rediscovered, these revolutionary 1797-1804 pictures from the Journal des Dames et des Modes, in exceptionally good condition, have been digitized and edited in a website, Style Revolution.

skeleton suit

1790-1799, 1800-1809, 1810-1819, 1820-1829, 18th century, 19th century, S, term definition

Late 18th & early 19th-century play wear for boys that consists of two pieces–a fitted jacket and trousers–that button together.

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