Baroque Overgown

  For a formal or court dress, an overgown is worn over the underbodice and the petticoat. This overgown is made of red satin with white damask lining and consists of the skirt pleated by cartridge pleating and the open bodice laced by red ribbon with short sleeves. In the waistline, which is typically quite high, is a ribbon sash, on which some necessary things can be fastened, for example a fan. The whole dress is decorated with laces, ribbons, braids and pearls (of course false). This dress presents an early baroque woman’s dress dated back to circa 1635 and is inspired by period pictures – engravings of Bosse and paintings of Van Dyck or Rubens (for example painting “Garden of Love”).