Marie Adelaide of France as Diana, 1745. Current location: Uffizi Gallery. Jean-Marc Nattier was a French painter who did many portraits of the French royal family during the mid 18th century. Madame...
While looking through the National Trust Collections I came across something interesting. This robe above, dated 1785 - 1795 from the Snowshill Wade Costume Collection stood out very much to me becau...
Everyone and their grandmother have already blogged abut this, but the National Trust has a new online archive. So far the information is often scarce, the photos are often small or of bad quality, a...
I found this new database via Isis’ Wardrobe and Madame Berg. Livrustkammaren (The royal armory), The Hallwyl museum and Skokloster castle have put their large collections online, containing ma...
Armfelt by Adolf Ulrich Wertmüller. Source: Livrustkammaren. In march an exhibition about Gustav Mauritz Armfelt, Gustav III’s favourite, will open at Livrustkammaren in Stockholm. Until then y...
I feel terrible for neglecting this blog so much lately, but here’s a great 18th century blog I just discovered. At the Sign of the Golden Scissors talks about 18th century costuming and has so...
Very short notice, but on November 12 Drottningholms Slottsteater are selling out some of their costumes. As they mainly use 18th century style costumes I though it might be of interest, especially t...
Portrait of V.E. Novosiltsova, 1780. Fedor Stepanovich Rokotov was a Russian portrait painter. Portrait of A.P. Struiskaya, probably 1770s. Unknown woman, 1770s. This is my favourite of his portraits...
A new 18th century tv series is coming soon to Swedish tv, Anno 1790. Apparently it’s a crime series set in the 1790s, though from the trailers it seems to be set at least 20 years earlier.
I updated some links in the museums section. See the new links for the Kyoto Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Livrustkammaren.
I just found this via Isis’ Wardrobe. Before the Automobile is an absolutely amazing costuming blog by a Finnish girl with some of the best 18th century costumes I’ve seen. She also makes...
You should check out this lovely, informative and well researched article on 18th century hairstyles and cosmetics over at Démodé.
Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, Johanna Constantia, 1780s. The Tischbein family was a German family of painters of who the most well known appear to be Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder, Johann ...
(Photo from Diary of a Mantua Maker) I just found this on A Fashionable Frolick. If you’re near New York you can sign up for a week long 18th century shoemaking workshop, August 20-27. Head ove...
Anton von Maron was an Austrian portrait painter. Elisabeth Hervey, 1779. I love this type of hood, popular with the high hairstyles of the late 1770s, and it’s on my list of things to make.
This is probably old news to most of you, but LACMA has a new image library where you can see high resolution images of many of their objects, including many 18th century clothes.
There is currently a small but very nice exhibition at Åmells fine art dealer in Stockholm, Pehr Hilleström and Swedish 18th century paintings. Most of the paintings are by Pehr Hilleström, but there...
Lady Mary Fox, 1767. Some paintings from Italian painter Pompeo Batoni. Izabela Potocka as Polyhymnia, 1779. Portrait of unknown lady as Diana, 1776. Unknown, 1785. Mary, Duchess of Gloucester with h...
I’m very sorry I have neglected this blog for so long. I have been working on my bachelor’s thesis in History and have been too stressed out to focus on anything else, but now I’m b...
A while ago I posted about the winter ball at Château d’Ursel, and they just e-mailed me some photos from the event. Go here to see more.
Self portrait with wife, 1791. Jens Juel was a Danish artist who painted many portraits of the Danish royal family. Jens Juel on Wikipedia. Queen Caroline Mathilde of Denmark, 1771. This appears to a...
Thank you for putting up these very beautiful paintings… the unknown lady holding the mask is really adorable. Anna Elisabeth Countess von der Schulenburg-Beetzendorf was born in Wolfsburg, Low...
Bravo! your work is amazing, love the outfit and the make up, very accurate too! I come from france and take part in some costumed events in castles this spring, i am currently searching for the best...
Your outfit is gorgeous, you look incredible in it ! Sophie
Tack så mycket! :)
ojojoj vad fin du är Johanna. riktigt urtjusig. Nu vill jag ju bara sy 1700talsklänningar, men första ska jag sy klart de 1500talare som ligger och ropar på mig. Ha en förtjusande dag!
I stumbled on this site the other day and couldn’t believe it. I love everything 18th century, particularly the fashion. This site is a credit to you, congratulations.
thanks for the piccies, bjarne!
Marie-Madeleine Guimard, known as “the skeleton of the Graces”. Marie-Antoinette was her patroness.
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