Gallery of Fashion: Fig. 181 - 183: Morning Dresses and Half-Dresses

"Fig. 181. fig. 182. fig. 183; \nPublished as the Act directs June 1. 1798, by N. Heideloff at the Gallery of Fashion Office, No. 90, Wardour Street.\"\nMode print from the London Magazine Gallery of Fashion. June 1, 1798.\nMorning Dresses and Half-Dresses.\nFIG. CLXXXI.\nThe hair cropped and dressed in small curls; melon-ribbed hat of lilac \nand green silk, with a very large crown, trimmed round with a wreath of roses,\nand a bouquet in the front, tied under the chin with a white satin riband. Pet-\nticoat of white muslin; robe of the same, short full sleeves, trimmed with \nlace, and tied in the middle with an embroidered lilac riband; the whole \nbordered with an embroidery of flowers, and tied in the front with lilac \nriband. High tucker of lace. Gold necklace and ear-rings. Lilac gloves \nand shoes.\nFIG. CLXXXII.\nPart of the front hair combed straight upon the forehead, and the rest \ndressed in small curls, divided by a bandeau of muslin, fastened in the front \nwith two gold rings; the sides in curls, and the hind hair in a plain chignon. \nGipsey pipe-straw hat, trimmed round the crown with white roses, and \na bouquet in the front, tied under the chin with a broad white satin riband. \nRound gown of cambric, flounced with yellow crape in small Vandyke \nscollops, and headed with lace; short open sleeves, looped in three different \nparts with gold buttons; jacket skirts of lace, and trimming of lace round \nthe neck and sleeves. Gold chain suspended under the chin. Jonquille- \ncoloured gloves. Blue and white shoes.\nFIG. CLXXXIII. \The hair cropped and dressed into a variety of curls. Caul of muslin,\n trimmed with a frill passing under the chin; a large artificial rose in the \nfront. Round gown of muslin, embroidered in purple and in dice patterns,\nshort close sleeves; spencer, with epaulettes and laps in side-plaitings\ntrimmed with lace. Pearl ear-rings. Long silk gloves. Yellow shoes.