Category: 1800-1809
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spencer jacket
A short waist- or bust-length jacket worn in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Read MoreStyle Revolution: Journal des Dames et des Modes (1797-1804) Digitized!
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.
Read Moreskeleton suit
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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