Rococo dress

  Dress represents English fashion dated to circa 1780. It is a “robe á la polonaise” (Polish dress) used as a walking dress. This kind appeared from 70th of 18th century and originated from a “robe á l´anglaise” (English dress), whose skirt was draped into three parts. The name didn’t mean this was worn in Poland, but it originated in a political incident -  Poland was divided into three parts by Russia, Austria and Prussia in 1772 and the three parts of the skirt symbolize these three parts of Poland. The dress is mainly handsewn according to historical patterns in Arnold’s book: Patterns of Fashion 1. The dress and the pink petticoat are made of satin according to originals from 1770-1780 located in The Gallery of English Costume (see Arnold). The dress decoration is inspirited with the original dress from 1775-1780 located in Snowshill Manor in England (see Arnold).