Formal day dress, ca 1735 England (Spitalfields) (altered and the Victoria and Albert Museum “ By the the open robe was beginning to replace the mantua as formal day wear.
Formal day dress, ca 1735 England (Spitalfields) (altered and the Victoria and Albert Museum “ By the the open robe was beginning to replace the mantua as formal day wear.
A woman's gown of linen tamboured in an all-over pattern of serpentine trails with flowers and leaves in shades of pink, green, yellow and red, with additional herringbone stitch.