Court Dresses, 1807-1822
Last Update 25 December 2000
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Court Dress, Le Beau Monde, 1807. By 1807, the
waist of court dresses had
moved up to the height common for dresses, but, since hoops were still required, it was much less
attractive. Here a lace-trimmed overskirt covers a dress with bands of flowered garland and a deep
lace trim around the bottom of the skirt. The words beneath the print read "COURT DRESSES for
His Majesty's Birth Day. Printed for J. B. Bell & Co." John Bell also published La Belle Assemblee, or Bell's court and Fashionable Magazine
Addressed Particularly to the Ladies, 1806-1868. |
Court Dress, La Belle Assemblee,
1807. The train of this gown is long and heavily
embroidered. The bodice is very low cut, showing a great deal of the breasts.
The high ruff of lace and "slashed" sleeves imitate Elizabethan
fashions.
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Court Dress, La Belle Assemblee,
January 1808. This court gown is very dramatic
in gold and purple with a long purple train with gold fringe.
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Left: Court Dress, 1820, from Rudolf Ackermann, The
Repository
of Arts, Literature, Commerce,
Manufactures, Fashion, and Politics, 1809-1829. A short point lace overdress in
pattern
of roses, thistle, and shamrock, tops a heavily trimmed blue satin petticoat. The blue satin petticoat
has silver lame and foil trims on ever side of a band of white and pale blue roses. The robe is of
blue, and the back corsetted. A profusion of ostrich plumes droop over a pearl bandeau.
Right: Court Dress, 1821, by Rudolf Ackermann, The Repository
of
Arts, Literature, Commerce,
Manufactures, Fashion, and Politics, 1809-1829. White ostrich plumes drape over a
diamond bandeau over this gold and white court dress. The gold satin robe is trimmed with gold
shells. The white satin petticoat has white lace over it and rows of folds in the satin rimmed with
gold cord.
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