I have run this poll twice now, 2015 and 2016. Each year the results were close...will this year be the same? The poll is now open! Which style gown do you prefer?
The Robe à l'Anglaise or the Robe à la Française?
Both styles were worn between the years of 1720 and 1780. The robe à l'anglaise developed with a fitted back after the style of dress worn in England. The sacque-back of the robe à la Française is reinterpreted from the seventeenth–century gown to incorporate two expansive pleats from the neckline at back.
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Robe à l'Anglaise, French. 1785-87, silk. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
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Robe à l'Anglaise |
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Robe à la Française, French. 1750-75, silk. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
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Robe à la Française |