#robings

British robe à la française at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - This is dated to the 1740s, but dresses often had cuffs and engage antes. This has only engageantes.

Top  1740s side of British robe à la française (Metropolitan). From their Web site 1600X2000.

Second row  1740s British robe à la française (Metropolitan). From their Web site 1600X2000.

Third row left  1740s Side and sacque of British robe à la française (Metropolitan). From their Web site 1600X2000.

Third row right  1740s Back of British robe à la française (Metropolitan). From their Web site 1600X2000.

Fourth row left  1740s Cuff of British robe à la française (Metropolitan). From their Web site 1552X1950.

French yellow floral silk robe à la française -

Left  1730-1750 French yellow floral silk robe à la française front side (Metropolitan Museum). From tumblr.com/digitalfashionmuseum 1145X2048.

1850s portraits (from top to bottom) -

ca. 1850 Marie (Louise) Bayle de Jesse self portrait (auctioned by GSLR Antiques). From their Web site; fixed spots and wrinkles w Pshop & sized to screen 1089X1400, Much of the chair was filled with wrinkles, spots, and cracks that could not be fixed.

ca. 1851 Annie Gambart by William Powell Frith (The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate - Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK). From artuk.org; enlarged by half 2199X2730.

Louisa Hawkins by Francis Grant (auctioned by Christie's). From Wikimedia1266X2138.

Seated lady in elegant attire, holding a fan attributed to Carle van Loo (auctioned by Sotheby's). From their Web site; filled in sliver in lower left corner 1371X1981 @72 1.6Mj. The coiffure suggests 1760s when hair was piled higher and higher. The continuous robins starting over the shoulder and going down the skirt combined with the squared off line of her stomacher suggest this is a robe à la française.