#cloaks

Modèles de la collection été de la maison Jacques Esterel 1971

Photo: Sam Lévin

Stitchery Bespoke on Etsy

I'm really sad that it doesn't appear to have arm slits in the front, despite there before decor for them. Weird that the arm slit decor is also in the back?

Saint Peter Martyr Exorcizing a Woman Possessed by a Devil

Artist: Antonio Vivarini (Italian, c. 1415–1476/84)

Date: c. 1450

Medium: Tempera on panel

To Brighton and Back for Three and Sixpence

Artist: Charles Rossiter (British, 1827-1897)

Date: 1859

Medium: Oil painting

Lauzun jacket. Half-fitted overcoat, rather short, in black taffeta; the shape is rounded in the back, shorter on the sides than in front and behind, with sleeves that are a little wide; on the overcoat, dropping from the waist, a rather long coat basque is found, pleated and edged with black lace. A wide lace borders the whole overcoat; it is surmounted with a narrower lace, laid flat; the epaulettes and lapels are trimmed with lace.

Dubarry casaque. A type of short overcoat, in bright blue taffeta; the lower edge is pinked into two rounded notches, edged with a very narrow black lace. Two very wide flounces of black lace arer positioned on these teeth; a bridging lace surmounts the teeth; a beautiful, up-to-date black passementerie marks the sides of the casaque and trim the fronts, the collar, the sleeves, and their armscyes.

Parisian. Overcoat in black taffeta, with jagged edges: in each notch, there is an application of black lace; on the edges, a flounce of wide black lace; a bridging lace edges the fronts, increases into points over the arms, descends again, trims the overcoat in the back, and rises again on the other front.

Brazilian. Traveling talma in poppy-colored cashmere. This talma is only flat and takes a Louis XV form in the back, represented by a very wide pleat. The trimming is composed of a wide band of black taffeta, surmounted by a narrower band; the tabs are of black taffeta, trimmed with black metal buttons, positioned on the back pleat, diminishing in length as they descend to the lower edge of the talma.

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