Russian dresses

Posted Jul 2, 2009 at 11:51 CEST in Fashion, Paintings, and Photos.

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Empress Maria Feodorovna by Voille, 1792.

I’ve been fascinated by Russian dresses of the late 18th century for a while. They have a pretty unusual style and are very beautiful. A lot of them seem pretty similar to the robe à la turque to me, with the “t-shirt” arms, but some seem to have a kind of vest, and the court dress I saw at the Fastes de cour exhibition had yet another vest-like style that I realised looks a bit different to all of these portraits when I looked at the pictures together.

Does anyone know if there are any books on 18th century Russian dress? Though preferably not in Russian :)

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Empress Maria Feodorovna.

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1796.

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Empress Maria Feodorovna by Voille, 1790s.

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Sofia Vladimirovna Panina by Voille, 1791.

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Emperor Pavel I’s Daughters by Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1796.

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Empress Maria Feodorovna by Johann-Baptist I. After a 1796 painting by Lampi.

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Grand duchess Yelena Pavlovna as a child by Jean Louis Voille, 1792.

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Grand duchess Yelena Pavlovna by Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky, 1796.

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The court dress at Fastes de cour.

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