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srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Waistcoat-1733–34-probably-French-silk-metallic-thread-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-1991.220.jpeg 1000w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Waistcoat-1733–34-probably-French-silk-metallic-thread-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-1991.220-500x282.jpeg 500w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Waistcoat-1733–34-probably-French-silk-metallic-thread-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-1991.220-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Waistcoat-1733–34-probably-French-silk-metallic-thread-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-1991.220-768x432.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2025/03/18th-century-pinks-1700-to-the-1730s/" rel="bookmark">18th Century Pinks – 1700 to the 1730s</a></h2> <div class="entry-details"> <div class="entry-author"> Published by <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/author/the-dreamstress/" title="All posts by The Dreamstress">The Dreamstress</a> </div> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>My posts on <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2021/06/18th-century-purple/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">18th century clothing in shades of purple</a>, and <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2023/05/horizontal-or-vertical-striped-sleeves-on-1770s-1790s-gowns-jackets/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the direction of stripes on 18th century sleeves</a>, have been so popular that I thought you might enjoy a whole series on patterns and colours. You can learn so much by just looking at a bunch of images of clothes from any given era with one unifying detail.</p> <p>For my first theme I picked pink.</p> <p>What shades of pink were popular in the 18th century? Is there evidence those shades were more or less popular in certain decades, or mostly used on one type of garment?</p> <p>Even if there are no clear trends, looking at all of the extant pinks and depictions of pinks is helpful for recreating garments and accessories using colours and patterns that look authentic. And who doesn’t love a bunch of pretty, pretty pinks?</p> <p>As I began assembling images I realised two things almost immediately. First, almost every shade of pink possible shows up in extant 18th century garments and portraits. (yes, even hot pink!). Second, pink was far, far more common in 18th century clothing than purples was. Was it cheaper and easier to dye? Or, conversely, more expensive and thus more of a status symbol? Or were pink shades simply more fashionable throughout the century?</p> <p>Because pink was so much more common, I’ve broken the pink post up into decades. So now you get to enjoy four (and maybe more) weeks of 18th century pink posts!</p> <p>I also got a bit clever and tried to post a painting or print of the time and then an extant item or two from the same time range in a similar shade of pink.</p> <h1>1700s Pinks</h1> <p>One shade of pink that shows up frequently across the 18th century is a soft pinky-lilac that could also arguably fit under the purple banner. It’s shown here on two elegant young girls and in a length of <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2015/09/terminology-what-are-bizarre-silks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘bizarre’ silk (learn more about them here)</a>.</p> <div id="attachment_24476" style="width: 970px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24476" class="size-full wp-image-24476" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Follower_of_Pierre_Gobert-Portrait-possibly-of-Elisabeth-Charlotte-of-Orleans-1676-1744-niece-of-Louis-XIV.jpeg" alt="Follower of Pierre Gobert, Portrait possibly of Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans (1676-1744), niece of Louis XIV" width="960" height="1174" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Follower_of_Pierre_Gobert-Portrait-possibly-of-Elisabeth-Charlotte-of-Orleans-1676-1744-niece-of-Louis-XIV.jpeg 960w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Follower_of_Pierre_Gobert-Portrait-possibly-of-Elisabeth-Charlotte-of-Orleans-1676-1744-niece-of-Louis-XIV-409x500.jpeg 409w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Follower_of_Pierre_Gobert-Portrait-possibly-of-Elisabeth-Charlotte-of-Orleans-1676-1744-niece-of-Louis-XIV-800x978.jpeg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Follower_of_Pierre_Gobert-Portrait-possibly-of-Elisabeth-Charlotte-of-Orleans-1676-1744-niece-of-Louis-XIV-768x939.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24476" class="wp-caption-text">Follower of Pierre Gobert, Portrait possibly of Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans (1676-1744), niece of Louis XIV</p></div> <div id="attachment_24474" style="width: 625px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24474" class="size-full wp-image-24474" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Circle-of-Pierre-Gobert-1662–1744-Portrait-of-a-young-girl-in-a-pink-satin-dress-protecting-her-biseleur-from-a-birdkeeper-late-17th-century-or-early-18th-century.png" alt="Circle of Pierre Gobert (1662–1744), Portrait of a young girl in a pink satin dress protecting her biseleur from a birdkeeper, late 17th century or early 18th century" width="615" height="768" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Circle-of-Pierre-Gobert-1662–1744-Portrait-of-a-young-girl-in-a-pink-satin-dress-protecting-her-biseleur-from-a-birdkeeper-late-17th-century-or-early-18th-century.png 615w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Circle-of-Pierre-Gobert-1662–1744-Portrait-of-a-young-girl-in-a-pink-satin-dress-protecting-her-biseleur-from-a-birdkeeper-late-17th-century-or-early-18th-century-400x500.png 400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24474" class="wp-caption-text">Circle of Pierre Gobert (1662–1744), Portrait of a young girl in a pink satin dress protecting her biseleur from a birdkeeper, late 17th century or early 18th century</p></div> <div id="attachment_14264" style="width: 427px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14264" class="size-full wp-image-14264" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Dress-fabric-Spitalfields-England-ca.-1708-Brocaded-silk-damask-711-1864.jpg" alt="" width="417" height="600" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Dress-fabric-Spitalfields-England-ca.-1708-Brocaded-silk-damask-711-1864.jpg 417w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Dress-fabric-Spitalfields-England-ca.-1708-Brocaded-silk-damask-711-1864-348x500.jpg 348w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px" /><p id="caption-attachment-14264" class="wp-caption-text">Dress fabric, Spitalfields, England, ca. 1708, Brocaded silk damask, Victoria and Albert Museum, 711-1864</p></div> <p>I’ve cheated ever so slightly by picking a late 17th century muff to match these two young men and their snazzy pink neck ribbons. I just thought showing ribbons to go with ribbons was too good of an opportunity to pass up on.</p> <div id="attachment_24478" style="width: 811px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24478" class="size-full wp-image-24478" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Pierre_Gobert-Portrait-presumed-to-be-of-Charles-of-France-Duke-of-Berry-1686-1714.png" alt="After Pierre Gobert - Portrait of a young gentleman ca 1700" width="801" height="1023" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Pierre_Gobert-Portrait-presumed-to-be-of-Charles-of-France-Duke-of-Berry-1686-1714.png 801w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Pierre_Gobert-Portrait-presumed-to-be-of-Charles-of-France-Duke-of-Berry-1686-1714-391x500.png 391w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Pierre_Gobert-Portrait-presumed-to-be-of-Charles-of-France-Duke-of-Berry-1686-1714-783x1000.png 783w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Pierre_Gobert-Portrait-presumed-to-be-of-Charles-of-France-Duke-of-Berry-1686-1714-768x981.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24478" class="wp-caption-text">After Pierre Gobert – Portrait of a young gentleman ca 1700</p></div> <div id="attachment_24470" style="width: 462px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24470" class="size-full wp-image-24470" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/After-Pierre-Gobert-Portrait-of-a-young-gentleman-ca-1700.png" alt="After Pierre Gobert - Portrait of a young gentleman ca 1700" width="452" height="562" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/After-Pierre-Gobert-Portrait-of-a-young-gentleman-ca-1700.png 452w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/After-Pierre-Gobert-Portrait-of-a-young-gentleman-ca-1700-402x500.png 402w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24470" class="wp-caption-text">After Pierre Gobert – Portrait of a young gentleman ca 1700</p></div> <div id="attachment_24492" style="width: 1610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24492" class="size-full wp-image-24492" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Muff-French-about-1680–90-France-MFA-Boston-38.1266.jpg" alt="Muff French about 1680–90, France, MFA Boston 38.1266" width="1600" height="1061" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Muff-French-about-1680–90-France-MFA-Boston-38.1266.jpg 1600w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Muff-French-about-1680–90-France-MFA-Boston-38.1266-500x332.jpg 500w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Muff-French-about-1680–90-France-MFA-Boston-38.1266-800x531.jpg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Muff-French-about-1680–90-France-MFA-Boston-38.1266-768x509.jpg 768w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Muff-French-about-1680–90-France-MFA-Boston-38.1266-1536x1019.jpg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24492" class="wp-caption-text">Muff French about 1680–90, France, MFA Boston 38.1266</p></div> <p>And heres a slightly less faded pink in the same family:</p> <div id="attachment_24488" style="width: 1129px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24488" class="size-full wp-image-24488" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Brocade-fragment-EARLY-18TH-CENTURY-Continental-Europe-MFA-Boston-96.428.jpg" alt="Brocaded silk, early 18th century, Continental Europe, MFA Boston 96.428" width="1119" height="1600" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Brocade-fragment-EARLY-18TH-CENTURY-Continental-Europe-MFA-Boston-96.428.jpg 1119w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Brocade-fragment-EARLY-18TH-CENTURY-Continental-Europe-MFA-Boston-96.428-350x500.jpg 350w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Brocade-fragment-EARLY-18TH-CENTURY-Continental-Europe-MFA-Boston-96.428-699x1000.jpg 699w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Brocade-fragment-EARLY-18TH-CENTURY-Continental-Europe-MFA-Boston-96.428-768x1098.jpg 768w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Brocade-fragment-EARLY-18TH-CENTURY-Continental-Europe-MFA-Boston-96.428-1074x1536.jpg 1074w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1119px) 100vw, 1119px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24488" class="wp-caption-text">Brocaded silk, early 18th century, Continental Europe, MFA Boston 96.428</p></div> <p>Here’s a deep rose hue:</p> <div id="attachment_24473" style="width: 814px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24473" class="size-full wp-image-24473" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Circle-of-Pierre-Gobert-1662–1744-Portrait-of-a-young-noblewoman-turn-of-the-1718th-century.png" alt="Circle of Pierre Gobert (1662–1744, Portrait of a young noblewoman, turn of the 17/18th century" width="804" height="1042" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Circle-of-Pierre-Gobert-1662–1744-Portrait-of-a-young-noblewoman-turn-of-the-1718th-century.png 804w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Circle-of-Pierre-Gobert-1662–1744-Portrait-of-a-young-noblewoman-turn-of-the-1718th-century-386x500.png 386w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Circle-of-Pierre-Gobert-1662–1744-Portrait-of-a-young-noblewoman-turn-of-the-1718th-century-772x1000.png 772w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Circle-of-Pierre-Gobert-1662–1744-Portrait-of-a-young-noblewoman-turn-of-the-1718th-century-768x995.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24473" class="wp-caption-text">Circle of Pierre Gobert (1662–1744, Portrait of a young noblewoman, turn of the 17/18th century</p></div> <div id="attachment_24487" style="width: 1885px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24487" class="size-full wp-image-24487" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Woven-silk-damask-lance-with-the-lisere-effects-of-the-ground-weft-1675-1700-French-or-Italian-proto-bizarre-green-and-white-selvedge-VAM.jpg" alt="Woven silk, damask lancé with the liseré effects of the ground weft, 1675-1700, French or Italian; proto-bizarre; green and white selvedge Victoria and Albert Museum" width="1875" height="2500" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Woven-silk-damask-lance-with-the-lisere-effects-of-the-ground-weft-1675-1700-French-or-Italian-proto-bizarre-green-and-white-selvedge-VAM.jpg 1875w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Woven-silk-damask-lance-with-the-lisere-effects-of-the-ground-weft-1675-1700-French-or-Italian-proto-bizarre-green-and-white-selvedge-VAM-375x500.jpg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Woven-silk-damask-lance-with-the-lisere-effects-of-the-ground-weft-1675-1700-French-or-Italian-proto-bizarre-green-and-white-selvedge-VAM-750x1000.jpg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Woven-silk-damask-lance-with-the-lisere-effects-of-the-ground-weft-1675-1700-French-or-Italian-proto-bizarre-green-and-white-selvedge-VAM-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Woven-silk-damask-lance-with-the-lisere-effects-of-the-ground-weft-1675-1700-French-or-Italian-proto-bizarre-green-and-white-selvedge-VAM-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Woven-silk-damask-lance-with-the-lisere-effects-of-the-ground-weft-1675-1700-French-or-Italian-proto-bizarre-green-and-white-selvedge-VAM-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Woven-silk-damask-lance-with-the-lisere-effects-of-the-ground-weft-1675-1700-French-or-Italian-proto-bizarre-green-and-white-selvedge-VAM-420x560.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1875px) 100vw, 1875px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24487" class="wp-caption-text">Woven silk, damask lancé with the liseré effects of the ground weft, 1675-1700, French or Italian; proto-bizarre; green and white selvedge Victoria and Albert Museum</p></div> <p>And a beauty in blush pink with carmine ribbons in her hair</p> <div id="attachment_24475" style="width: 559px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24475" class="size-full wp-image-24475" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Follower-of-Pierre-Gobert-1662–1744-Presumed-portrait-of-Marie-Louise-Elisabeth-dOrleans-1695-1719-daughter-of-Philippe-Duke-of-Orleans.png" alt="Follower of Pierre Gobert (1662–1744), Presumed portrait of Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1695-1719), daughter of Philippe, Duke of Orléans. ca 1705" width="549" height="679" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Follower-of-Pierre-Gobert-1662–1744-Presumed-portrait-of-Marie-Louise-Elisabeth-dOrleans-1695-1719-daughter-of-Philippe-Duke-of-Orleans.png 549w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Follower-of-Pierre-Gobert-1662–1744-Presumed-portrait-of-Marie-Louise-Elisabeth-dOrleans-1695-1719-daughter-of-Philippe-Duke-of-Orleans-404x500.png 404w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24475" class="wp-caption-text">Follower of Pierre Gobert (1662–1744), Presumed portrait of Marie Louise Élisabeth d’Orléans (1695-1719), daughter of Philippe, Duke of Orléans. ca 1705</p></div> <div id="attachment_24493" style="width: 1201px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24493" class="size-full wp-image-24493" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Stomacher-1700–20-MFA-Boston-43.1909.jpg" alt="Stomacher, 1700–20, MFA Boston, 43.1909" width="1191" height="1600" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Stomacher-1700–20-MFA-Boston-43.1909.jpg 1191w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Stomacher-1700–20-MFA-Boston-43.1909-372x500.jpg 372w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Stomacher-1700–20-MFA-Boston-43.1909-744x1000.jpg 744w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Stomacher-1700–20-MFA-Boston-43.1909-768x1032.jpg 768w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Stomacher-1700–20-MFA-Boston-43.1909-1143x1536.jpg 1143w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1191px) 100vw, 1191px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24493" class="wp-caption-text">Stomacher, 1700–20, MFA Boston, 43.1909</p></div> <p>Orange-y salmon pink is another shade that turns up in many portraits and extant textiles.</p> <div id="attachment_24472" style="width: 789px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24472" class="size-full wp-image-24472" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Attribue_a_Pierre_Gobert_-_Jeune_femme_de_qualite_en_buste.png" alt="Attributed to Pierre Gobert (1662–1744), Lady in Pink, ca 1700" width="779" height="1064" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Attribue_a_Pierre_Gobert_-_Jeune_femme_de_qualite_en_buste.png 779w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Attribue_a_Pierre_Gobert_-_Jeune_femme_de_qualite_en_buste-366x500.png 366w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Attribue_a_Pierre_Gobert_-_Jeune_femme_de_qualite_en_buste-732x1000.png 732w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Attribue_a_Pierre_Gobert_-_Jeune_femme_de_qualite_en_buste-768x1049.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24472" class="wp-caption-text">Attributed to Pierre Gobert (1662–1744), Lady in Pink, ca 1700</p></div> <div id="attachment_24494" style="width: 1083px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24494" class="size-full wp-image-24494" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Textile-length-DATE-ABOUT-1700-France-MFA-Boston-48.1168A.jpg" alt="" width="1073" height="1600" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Textile-length-DATE-ABOUT-1700-France-MFA-Boston-48.1168A.jpg 1073w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Textile-length-DATE-ABOUT-1700-France-MFA-Boston-48.1168A-335x500.jpg 335w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Textile-length-DATE-ABOUT-1700-France-MFA-Boston-48.1168A-671x1000.jpg 671w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Textile-length-DATE-ABOUT-1700-France-MFA-Boston-48.1168A-768x1145.jpg 768w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Textile-length-DATE-ABOUT-1700-France-MFA-Boston-48.1168A-1030x1536.jpg 1030w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1073px) 100vw, 1073px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24494" class="wp-caption-text">Length of brocaded silk, 1700, France, MFA Boston, 48.1168A</p></div> <div id="attachment_24486" style="width: 1932px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24486" class="size-full wp-image-24486" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Woven-silk-1695-1710-French-VAM.jpg" alt="Woven silk, 1695-1710, French Victoria and Albert Museum" width="1922" height="2500" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Woven-silk-1695-1710-French-VAM.jpg 1922w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Woven-silk-1695-1710-French-VAM-384x500.jpg 384w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Woven-silk-1695-1710-French-VAM-769x1000.jpg 769w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Woven-silk-1695-1710-French-VAM-768x999.jpg 768w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Woven-silk-1695-1710-French-VAM-1181x1536.jpg 1181w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Woven-silk-1695-1710-French-VAM-1575x2048.jpg 1575w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1922px) 100vw, 1922px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24486" class="wp-caption-text">Woven silk, 1695-1710, French, Victoria and Albert Museum</p></div> <div id="attachment_24485" style="width: 2510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24485" class="size-full wp-image-24485" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Stomacher-probably-from-an-image-robe-1690-1710-French-silk-woven-with-a-floral-pattern-VAM.jpg" alt="Stomacher (probably from an image robe) 1690-1710, French ? silk woven with a floral pattern, Victoria and Albert Museum" width="2500" height="1681" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Stomacher-probably-from-an-image-robe-1690-1710-French-silk-woven-with-a-floral-pattern-VAM.jpg 2500w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Stomacher-probably-from-an-image-robe-1690-1710-French-silk-woven-with-a-floral-pattern-VAM-500x336.jpg 500w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Stomacher-probably-from-an-image-robe-1690-1710-French-silk-woven-with-a-floral-pattern-VAM-800x538.jpg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Stomacher-probably-from-an-image-robe-1690-1710-French-silk-woven-with-a-floral-pattern-VAM-768x516.jpg 768w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Stomacher-probably-from-an-image-robe-1690-1710-French-silk-woven-with-a-floral-pattern-VAM-1536x1033.jpg 1536w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Stomacher-probably-from-an-image-robe-1690-1710-French-silk-woven-with-a-floral-pattern-VAM-2048x1377.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24485" class="wp-caption-text">Stomacher (probably from an image robe) 1690-1710, French ? silk woven with a floral pattern, Victoria and Albert Museum</p></div> <h1>1720s Pinks</h1> <p>Vivid salmon pinks show up in these three paintings and a length of dress fabric, showing the same shade across four countries.</p> <div id="attachment_19741" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-19741" class="size-full wp-image-19741" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Wedding-of-Stephen-Beckingham-and-Mary-Cox-William-Hogarth-1729-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art.jpg" alt="The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox, William Hogarth, 1729, Metropolitan Museum of Art" width="800" height="995" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Wedding-of-Stephen-Beckingham-and-Mary-Cox-William-Hogarth-1729-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art.jpg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Wedding-of-Stephen-Beckingham-and-Mary-Cox-William-Hogarth-1729-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-402x500.jpg 402w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Wedding-of-Stephen-Beckingham-and-Mary-Cox-William-Hogarth-1729-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-768x955.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-19741" class="wp-caption-text">The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox, William Hogarth, 1729, Metropolitan Museum of Art</p></div> <div id="attachment_24498" style="width: 999px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24498" class="size-full wp-image-24498" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Attributed-to-Nehemiah-Partridge-American-1683-1730-Artist-Mary-Jaquelin-ca.-1722-23.jpg" alt="Mary Jaquelin; ca. 1722-23, Attributed to Nehemiah Partridge, American, 1683 - 1730" width="989" height="1200" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Attributed-to-Nehemiah-Partridge-American-1683-1730-Artist-Mary-Jaquelin-ca.-1722-23.jpg 989w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Attributed-to-Nehemiah-Partridge-American-1683-1730-Artist-Mary-Jaquelin-ca.-1722-23-412x500.jpg 412w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Attributed-to-Nehemiah-Partridge-American-1683-1730-Artist-Mary-Jaquelin-ca.-1722-23-800x971.jpg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Attributed-to-Nehemiah-Partridge-American-1683-1730-Artist-Mary-Jaquelin-ca.-1722-23-768x932.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24498" class="wp-caption-text">Mary Jaquelin; ca. 1722-23, Attributed to Nehemiah Partridge, American, 1683 – 1730</p></div> <div id="attachment_24500" style="width: 455px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24500" class="size-full wp-image-24500" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jacques-Ignatius-de-Roore-Portrait-of-M.C.-Cremers-the-Mistress-of-the-Artist-1727.jpg" alt="Jacques Ignatius de Roore - Portrait of M.C. Cremers, the Mistress of the Artist, 1727" width="445" height="600" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jacques-Ignatius-de-Roore-Portrait-of-M.C.-Cremers-the-Mistress-of-the-Artist-1727.jpg 445w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jacques-Ignatius-de-Roore-Portrait-of-M.C.-Cremers-the-Mistress-of-the-Artist-1727-371x500.jpg 371w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24500" class="wp-caption-text">Jacques Ignatius de Roore – Portrait of M.C. Cremers, the Mistress of the Artist, 1727</p></div> <div id="attachment_24484" style="width: 2006px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24484" class="size-full wp-image-24484" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Dress-fabric-of-brocaded-silk-Netherlands-1735-1740-VAM.jpg" alt="Dress fabric of brocaded silk, Netherlands, 1735-1740, Victoria and Albert Museum" width="1996" height="2500" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Dress-fabric-of-brocaded-silk-Netherlands-1735-1740-VAM.jpg 1996w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Dress-fabric-of-brocaded-silk-Netherlands-1735-1740-VAM-399x500.jpg 399w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Dress-fabric-of-brocaded-silk-Netherlands-1735-1740-VAM-798x1000.jpg 798w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Dress-fabric-of-brocaded-silk-Netherlands-1735-1740-VAM-768x962.jpg 768w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Dress-fabric-of-brocaded-silk-Netherlands-1735-1740-VAM-1226x1536.jpg 1226w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Dress-fabric-of-brocaded-silk-Netherlands-1735-1740-VAM-1635x2048.jpg 1635w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1996px) 100vw, 1996px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24484" class="wp-caption-text">Dress fabric of brocaded silk, Netherlands, 1735-1740, Victoria and Albert Museum</p></div> <p>A slightly softer shade is seen on Frances, Lady Byron, and a pair of very fashionable velvet shoes:</p> <div id="attachment_24459" style="width: 735px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24459" class="size-full wp-image-24459" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Frances-Lady-Byron-d.1757-Third-Wife-of-the-4th-Lord-Byron-by-Michael-Dahl-ca.-1720.jpg" alt="Frances, Lady Byron (d.1757), Third Wife of the 4th Lord Byron by Michael Dahl, ca. 1720" width="725" height="921" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Frances-Lady-Byron-d.1757-Third-Wife-of-the-4th-Lord-Byron-by-Michael-Dahl-ca.-1720.jpg 725w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Frances-Lady-Byron-d.1757-Third-Wife-of-the-4th-Lord-Byron-by-Michael-Dahl-ca.-1720-394x500.jpg 394w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24459" class="wp-caption-text">Frances, Lady Byron (d.1757), Third Wife of the 4th Lord Byron by Michael Dahl, ca. 1720</p></div> <div id="attachment_24464" style="width: 413px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24464" class="size-full wp-image-24464" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1720s-18c.-Embroidered-Pink-Velvet-shoes.jpg" alt=" Embroidered Pink Velvet shoes, 1720s" width="403" height="403" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1720s-18c.-Embroidered-Pink-Velvet-shoes.jpg 403w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1720s-18c.-Embroidered-Pink-Velvet-shoes-150x150.jpg 150w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1720s-18c.-Embroidered-Pink-Velvet-shoes-120x120.jpg 120w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24464" class="wp-caption-text">Embroidered Pink Velvet shoes, 1720s</p></div> <p>Here’s another example of that lilac pink:</p> <div id="attachment_24496" style="width: 785px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24496" class="size-full wp-image-24496" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Gustaf-Lundberg-1695–1786-wikidata-Q838499-After-Jean-Baptiste-Santerre-1651–1717-Portrait-of-Marie-Anne-de-Bourbon-1720.jpg" alt="Gustaf Lundberg (1695–1786), After Jean-Baptiste Santerre (1651–1717), Portrait of Marie Anne de Bourbon, 1720" width="775" height="1023" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Gustaf-Lundberg-1695–1786-wikidata-Q838499-After-Jean-Baptiste-Santerre-1651–1717-Portrait-of-Marie-Anne-de-Bourbon-1720.jpg 775w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Gustaf-Lundberg-1695–1786-wikidata-Q838499-After-Jean-Baptiste-Santerre-1651–1717-Portrait-of-Marie-Anne-de-Bourbon-1720-379x500.jpg 379w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Gustaf-Lundberg-1695–1786-wikidata-Q838499-After-Jean-Baptiste-Santerre-1651–1717-Portrait-of-Marie-Anne-de-Bourbon-1720-758x1000.jpg 758w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Gustaf-Lundberg-1695–1786-wikidata-Q838499-After-Jean-Baptiste-Santerre-1651–1717-Portrait-of-Marie-Anne-de-Bourbon-1720-768x1014.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24496" class="wp-caption-text">Gustaf Lundberg (1695–1786), After Jean-Baptiste Santerre (1651–1717), Portrait of Marie Anne de Bourbon, 1720</p></div> <p>This noblewoman sports a lilac pink gown, a carmine pink robe, and a dazzling array of matching pink jewels:</p> <div id="attachment_24499" style="width: 808px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24499" class="size-full wp-image-24499" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Henri-Millot-Portrait-of-a-noblewoman-in-a-pink-dress-and-an-ermine-trimmed-robe.jpg" alt="Henri Millot - Portrait of a noblewoman in a pink dress and an ermine-trimmed robe, ca. 1725" width="798" height="1024" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Henri-Millot-Portrait-of-a-noblewoman-in-a-pink-dress-and-an-ermine-trimmed-robe.jpg 798w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Henri-Millot-Portrait-of-a-noblewoman-in-a-pink-dress-and-an-ermine-trimmed-robe-390x500.jpg 390w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Henri-Millot-Portrait-of-a-noblewoman-in-a-pink-dress-and-an-ermine-trimmed-robe-779x1000.jpg 779w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Henri-Millot-Portrait-of-a-noblewoman-in-a-pink-dress-and-an-ermine-trimmed-robe-768x986.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24499" class="wp-caption-text">Henri Millot – Portrait of a noblewoman in a pink dress and an ermine-trimmed robe, ca. 1725</p></div> <p>And this casaquin and petticoat features every shade shown above, and then some!</p> <div id="attachment_17423" style="width: 762px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-17423" class="size-full wp-image-17423" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1993.17a-b-2.jpg" alt="Dress (casaquin and petticoat), 1725—40, Italian, linen with wool embroidery, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1993.17a, b" width="752" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1993.17a-b-2.jpg 752w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1993.17a-b-2-376x500.jpg 376w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1993.17a-b-2-420x560.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px" /><p id="caption-attachment-17423" class="wp-caption-text">Dress (casaquin and petticoat), 1725—40, Italian, linen with wool embroidery, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1993.17a, b</p></div> <div id="attachment_17426" style="width: 627px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-17426" class="size-full wp-image-17426" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1993.17a-b-detail-2.jpg" alt="Dress, 1725—40, Italian, linen with wool embroidery, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1993.17a, b" width="617" height="819" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1993.17a-b-detail-2.jpg 617w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1993.17a-b-detail-2-377x500.jpg 377w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px" /><p id="caption-attachment-17426" class="wp-caption-text">Dress, 1725—40, Italian, linen with wool embroidery, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1993.17a, b</p></div> <p>Here’s a gloriously vivid pink:</p> <div id="attachment_24497" style="width: 850px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24497" class="size-full wp-image-24497" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Antoine-Pesne-Portrait-of-Wilhelmine-of-Prussia-Margravine-of-Brandenburg-Bayreuth-1709-1758-1725.jpg" alt="Antoine Pesne Portrait of Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709-1758), 1725" width="840" height="1024" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Antoine-Pesne-Portrait-of-Wilhelmine-of-Prussia-Margravine-of-Brandenburg-Bayreuth-1709-1758-1725.jpg 840w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Antoine-Pesne-Portrait-of-Wilhelmine-of-Prussia-Margravine-of-Brandenburg-Bayreuth-1709-1758-1725-410x500.jpg 410w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Antoine-Pesne-Portrait-of-Wilhelmine-of-Prussia-Margravine-of-Brandenburg-Bayreuth-1709-1758-1725-800x975.jpg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Antoine-Pesne-Portrait-of-Wilhelmine-of-Prussia-Margravine-of-Brandenburg-Bayreuth-1709-1758-1725-768x936.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24497" class="wp-caption-text">Antoine Pesne Portrait of Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709-1758), 1725</p></div> <div id="attachment_10958" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-10958" class="size-full wp-image-10958" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Robe-Volante-1720-30-Musee-Galliera.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="633" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Robe-Volante-1720-30-Musee-Galliera.jpg 500w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Robe-Volante-1720-30-Musee-Galliera-394x500.jpg 394w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /><p id="caption-attachment-10958" class="wp-caption-text">Robe Volante 1720-30, Musee Galliera</p></div> <p> </p> <p>And for some pinks on men, the Ottoman ambassador to France in pale pink:</p> <div id="attachment_24477" style="width: 690px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24477" class="size-full wp-image-24477" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Pierre-Gobert-1662–1744-Portrait-of-Yirmisekiz-Mehmed-Celebi-commissioned-by-the-Batiments-du-Roi.-1724.jpg" alt="Pierre Gobert (1662–1744, Portrait of Yirmisekiz Mehmed Çelebi, commissioned by the Bâtiments du Roi. 1724" width="680" height="944" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Pierre-Gobert-1662–1744-Portrait-of-Yirmisekiz-Mehmed-Celebi-commissioned-by-the-Batiments-du-Roi.-1724.jpg 680w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Pierre-Gobert-1662–1744-Portrait-of-Yirmisekiz-Mehmed-Celebi-commissioned-by-the-Batiments-du-Roi.-1724-360x500.jpg 360w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24477" class="wp-caption-text">Pierre Gobert (1662–1744, Portrait of Yirmisekiz Mehmed Çelebi, commissioned by the Bâtiments du Roi. 1724</p></div> <p>And some coral silk stockings for showing off a well-turned leg:</p> <div id="attachment_11338" style="width: 280px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11338" class="size-full wp-image-11338" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Mens-coral-silk-stockings-1725-1750-meg-andrews.com_.jpg" alt="" width="270" height="430" /><p id="caption-attachment-11338" class="wp-caption-text">Men’s coral silk stockings, 1725-1750 meg-andrews.com</p></div> <p>This waistcoat is the equal to the casaquin above for its demonstration of the many shades of pink available:</p> <div id="attachment_24491" style="width: 1262px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24491" class="size-full wp-image-24491" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mans-sleeved-waistcoat-American-English-fabric-1720s-Silk-damask-brocaded-with-silk-and-metallic-yarns-MFA-Boston-41.887.jpg" alt="Man's sleeved waistcoat, American (English fabric) 1720s, Silk damask, brocaded with silk and metallic yarns,, MFA Boston 41.887" width="1252" height="1600" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mans-sleeved-waistcoat-American-English-fabric-1720s-Silk-damask-brocaded-with-silk-and-metallic-yarns-MFA-Boston-41.887.jpg 1252w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mans-sleeved-waistcoat-American-English-fabric-1720s-Silk-damask-brocaded-with-silk-and-metallic-yarns-MFA-Boston-41.887-391x500.jpg 391w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mans-sleeved-waistcoat-American-English-fabric-1720s-Silk-damask-brocaded-with-silk-and-metallic-yarns-MFA-Boston-41.887-783x1000.jpg 783w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mans-sleeved-waistcoat-American-English-fabric-1720s-Silk-damask-brocaded-with-silk-and-metallic-yarns-MFA-Boston-41.887-768x981.jpg 768w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mans-sleeved-waistcoat-American-English-fabric-1720s-Silk-damask-brocaded-with-silk-and-metallic-yarns-MFA-Boston-41.887-1202x1536.jpg 1202w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1252px) 100vw, 1252px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24491" class="wp-caption-text">Man’s sleeved waistcoat, American (English fabric) 1720s, Silk damask, brocaded with silk and metallic yarns,, MFA Boston 41.887</p></div> <h1>1730s Pinks</h1> <p>Polyxena of Hesse isn’t afraid to mix colours, with a bold combination of deep rose and scarlet red:</p> <div id="attachment_24460" style="width: 746px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24460" class="size-full wp-image-24460" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/La-Reina-Polixena-de-Hesse-Rotenburg-Painted-by-Maria-Giovanna-Clementi-in-c.-1730-1735.jpg" alt="Polixena of Hesse-Rotenburg by Maria Giovanna Clementi, 1730-35" width="736" height="965" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/La-Reina-Polixena-de-Hesse-Rotenburg-Painted-by-Maria-Giovanna-Clementi-in-c.-1730-1735.jpg 736w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/La-Reina-Polixena-de-Hesse-Rotenburg-Painted-by-Maria-Giovanna-Clementi-in-c.-1730-1735-381x500.jpg 381w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24460" class="wp-caption-text">Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg by Maria Giovanna Clementi, 1730-35, <a title="Madrid" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid">Madrid</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" title="Museum Cerralbo" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_Cerralbo">Museum Cerralbo</a>.</p></div> <p>Deep rose shoes to match:</p> <div id="attachment_24467" style="width: 745px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24467" class="size-full wp-image-24467" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Shoes-1720s-30s.jpg" alt="Shoes, 1720s-30s" width="735" height="490" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Shoes-1720s-30s.jpg 735w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Shoes-1720s-30s-500x333.jpg 500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24467" class="wp-caption-text">Shoes, 1720s-30s</p></div> <p>A softer rose features on Jacapo’s breeches and jacket lining, and another fetching pair of shoes:.</p> <div id="attachment_24509" style="width: 1376px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24509" class="size-full wp-image-24509" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jacopo-Amigoni-English-Portrait-of-the-singer-Carlo-Broschi-named-Farinelli-1734-35.jpg" alt="Jacopo Amigoni- English- Portrait of the singer Carlo Broschi named Farinelli 1734-35" width="1366" height="2048" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jacopo-Amigoni-English-Portrait-of-the-singer-Carlo-Broschi-named-Farinelli-1734-35.jpg 1366w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jacopo-Amigoni-English-Portrait-of-the-singer-Carlo-Broschi-named-Farinelli-1734-35-333x500.jpg 333w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jacopo-Amigoni-English-Portrait-of-the-singer-Carlo-Broschi-named-Farinelli-1734-35-667x1000.jpg 667w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jacopo-Amigoni-English-Portrait-of-the-singer-Carlo-Broschi-named-Farinelli-1734-35-768x1151.jpg 768w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jacopo-Amigoni-English-Portrait-of-the-singer-Carlo-Broschi-named-Farinelli-1734-35-1025x1536.jpg 1025w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24509" class="wp-caption-text">Jacopo Amigoni- English- Portrait of the singer Carlo Broschi named Farinelli 1734-35</p></div> <div id="attachment_24466" style="width: 370px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24466" class="size-full wp-image-24466" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Pink-silk-shoes-English-c.1735-1750-Bata-Shoe-Museum.jpg" alt="Pink silk shoes, English, c.1735-1750 Bata Shoe Museum" width="360" height="314" /><p id="caption-attachment-24466" class="wp-caption-text">Pink silk shoes, English, c.1735-1750 Bata Shoe Museum</p></div> <p>This portrait of Jane Clarke is a wonderful example of shot silks in the early 18th century. I wish I’d been able to find an extant item in a similar fabric!</p> <div id="attachment_24505" style="width: 1247px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24505" class="size-full wp-image-24505" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jane-Clark-Mrs.-Ezekiel-Lewis-John-Smibert-1732.jpg" alt="Jane Clark (Mrs. Ezekiel Lewis), John Smibert 1732" width="1237" height="1571" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jane-Clark-Mrs.-Ezekiel-Lewis-John-Smibert-1732.jpg 1237w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jane-Clark-Mrs.-Ezekiel-Lewis-John-Smibert-1732-394x500.jpg 394w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jane-Clark-Mrs.-Ezekiel-Lewis-John-Smibert-1732-787x1000.jpg 787w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jane-Clark-Mrs.-Ezekiel-Lewis-John-Smibert-1732-768x975.jpg 768w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jane-Clark-Mrs.-Ezekiel-Lewis-John-Smibert-1732-1209x1536.jpg 1209w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1237px) 100vw, 1237px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24505" class="wp-caption-text">Jane Clark (Mrs. Ezekiel Lewis), John Smibert, 1732</p></div> <p>Interestingly a very similar fabric is shown in another American portrait:</p> <div id="attachment_24507" style="width: 1269px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24507" class="size-full wp-image-24507" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Danvers-Osborn-1715–1753-Governor-of-New-York-by-Petrus-Johannes-van-Reysschoot-1736.jpg" alt="Danvers Osborn (1715-1753), Governor of New York, 1736" width="1259" height="1522" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Danvers-Osborn-1715–1753-Governor-of-New-York-by-Petrus-Johannes-van-Reysschoot-1736.jpg 1259w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Danvers-Osborn-1715–1753-Governor-of-New-York-by-Petrus-Johannes-van-Reysschoot-1736-414x500.jpg 414w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Danvers-Osborn-1715–1753-Governor-of-New-York-by-Petrus-Johannes-van-Reysschoot-1736-800x967.jpg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Danvers-Osborn-1715–1753-Governor-of-New-York-by-Petrus-Johannes-van-Reysschoot-1736-768x928.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1259px) 100vw, 1259px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24507" class="wp-caption-text">Danvers Osborn (1715-1753), Governor of New York, 1736</p></div> <p>And on the lower tunic of the Ottoman Empire’s ambassador to Sweden, while two other members of his retinue are attired in salmon:</p> <div id="attachment_24508" style="width: 1290px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24508" class="size-full wp-image-24508" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Georg-Engelhard-Schroder-Mehmed-Said-Efendi-and-his-Retinue-1733.jpg" alt="Georg Engelhard Schröder: Mehmed Said Efendi and his Retinue" width="1280" height="1014" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Georg-Engelhard-Schroder-Mehmed-Said-Efendi-and-his-Retinue-1733.jpg 1280w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Georg-Engelhard-Schroder-Mehmed-Said-Efendi-and-his-Retinue-1733-500x396.jpg 500w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Georg-Engelhard-Schroder-Mehmed-Said-Efendi-and-his-Retinue-1733-800x634.jpg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Georg-Engelhard-Schroder-Mehmed-Said-Efendi-and-his-Retinue-1733-768x608.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24508" class="wp-caption-text">Georg Engelhard Schröder: Mehmed Said Efendi and his Retinue, 1735</p></div> <p>The closest match I could find to those three portraits is this glorious casaquin. Just add in a dark blue cross thread for that shot effect:</p> <div id="attachment_24422" style="width: 746px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24422" class="size-full wp-image-24422" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Casaquin.-Date-ca.-1730-1740-Medium-Gros-de-Tours-orange-silk-blue-glazed-linen-lining-gilded-silver-lace-palaisgalliera.paris_.fr-.jpg" alt="Casaquin. Date- ca. 1730 - 1740 Medium- Gros de Tours, orange silk, blue glazed linen lining, gilded silver lace, palaisgalliera.paris.fr" width="736" height="1020" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Casaquin.-Date-ca.-1730-1740-Medium-Gros-de-Tours-orange-silk-blue-glazed-linen-lining-gilded-silver-lace-palaisgalliera.paris_.fr-.jpg 736w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Casaquin.-Date-ca.-1730-1740-Medium-Gros-de-Tours-orange-silk-blue-glazed-linen-lining-gilded-silver-lace-palaisgalliera.paris_.fr--361x500.jpg 361w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Casaquin.-Date-ca.-1730-1740-Medium-Gros-de-Tours-orange-silk-blue-glazed-linen-lining-gilded-silver-lace-palaisgalliera.paris_.fr--722x1000.jpg 722w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24422" class="wp-caption-text">Casaquin. Date- ca. 1730 – 1740 Medium- Gros de Tours, orange silk, blue glazed linen lining, gilded silver lace, palaisgalliera.paris.fr</p></div> <p>This unknown woman sports a very vivid coral jacket and skirt set, and as the waistcoat and jacket below show, the hue is not an exaggeration.</p> <div id="attachment_24462" style="width: 560px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24462" class="size-full wp-image-24462" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Portrait-of-a-Lady-attr.-to-Jonathan-Richardson-the-elder-c.-1730.jpg" alt="Portrait of a Lady, attr. to Jonathan Richardson the elder, c. 1730" width="550" height="677" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Portrait-of-a-Lady-attr.-to-Jonathan-Richardson-the-elder-c.-1730.jpg 550w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Portrait-of-a-Lady-attr.-to-Jonathan-Richardson-the-elder-c.-1730-406x500.jpg 406w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24462" class="wp-caption-text">Portrait of a Lady, attr. to Jonathan Richardson the elder, c. 1730</p></div> <div id="attachment_24469" style="width: 1630px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24469" class="size-full wp-image-24469" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Waistcoat-1733–34-probably-French-silk-metallic-thread-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-1991.220-scaled.jpg" alt="Waistcoat, 1733–34, probably French, silk, metallic thread, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991.220" width="1620" height="2560" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Waistcoat-1733–34-probably-French-silk-metallic-thread-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-1991.220-scaled.jpg 1620w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Waistcoat-1733–34-probably-French-silk-metallic-thread-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-1991.220-316x500.jpg 316w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Waistcoat-1733–34-probably-French-silk-metallic-thread-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-1991.220-633x1000.jpg 633w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Waistcoat-1733–34-probably-French-silk-metallic-thread-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-1991.220-768x1214.jpg 768w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Waistcoat-1733–34-probably-French-silk-metallic-thread-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-1991.220-972x1536.jpg 972w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Waistcoat-1733–34-probably-French-silk-metallic-thread-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-1991.220-1296x2048.jpg 1296w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24469" class="wp-caption-text"><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/82454" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Waistcoat, 1733–34, probably French, silk, metallic thread, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991.220</a></p></div> <p> </p> <div id="attachment_24424" style="width: 746px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24424" class="size-full wp-image-24424" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jacket-1736-40-Gorgeous-Georgians-at-Berrington-Hall-2014.-From-the-Charles-Paget-Wade-Collection-stored-at-Berrington-Hall.jpg" alt="Jacket, 1736-40, Gorgeous Georgians at Berrington Hall 2014. From the Charles Paget Wade Collection stored at Berrington Hall" width="736" height="670" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jacket-1736-40-Gorgeous-Georgians-at-Berrington-Hall-2014.-From-the-Charles-Paget-Wade-Collection-stored-at-Berrington-Hall.jpg 736w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jacket-1736-40-Gorgeous-Georgians-at-Berrington-Hall-2014.-From-the-Charles-Paget-Wade-Collection-stored-at-Berrington-Hall-500x455.jpg 500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24424" class="wp-caption-text">Jacket, 1736-40, Gorgeous Georgians at Berrington Hall 2014. From the Charles Paget Wade Collection stored at Berrington Hall</p></div> <p>Adélaïde’s sister sports soft pink stripes in her beautiful gown, a match to the soft pink shoes below:</p> <div class="mceTemp"></div> <div id="attachment_24504" style="width: 1671px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24504" class="size-full wp-image-24504" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Claude-Arnulphy-1697–1786-wikidata-Q2745814-Title-Francais-Adelaide-de-Gueidan-et-sa-soeur-au-clavecin-1735-40.jpg" alt="Claude Arnulphy (1697–1786), Adélaïde de Gueidan and her sister, 1735-40" width="1661" height="2048" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Claude-Arnulphy-1697–1786-wikidata-Q2745814-Title-Francais-Adelaide-de-Gueidan-et-sa-soeur-au-clavecin-1735-40.jpg 1661w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Claude-Arnulphy-1697–1786-wikidata-Q2745814-Title-Francais-Adelaide-de-Gueidan-et-sa-soeur-au-clavecin-1735-40-406x500.jpg 406w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Claude-Arnulphy-1697–1786-wikidata-Q2745814-Title-Francais-Adelaide-de-Gueidan-et-sa-soeur-au-clavecin-1735-40-800x986.jpg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Claude-Arnulphy-1697–1786-wikidata-Q2745814-Title-Francais-Adelaide-de-Gueidan-et-sa-soeur-au-clavecin-1735-40-768x947.jpg 768w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Claude-Arnulphy-1697–1786-wikidata-Q2745814-Title-Francais-Adelaide-de-Gueidan-et-sa-soeur-au-clavecin-1735-40-1246x1536.jpg 1246w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1661px) 100vw, 1661px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24504" class="wp-caption-text">Claude Arnulphy (1697–1786), Adélaïde de Gueidan and her sister, 1735-4</p></div> <div id="attachment_24481" style="width: 1210px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24481" class="size-full wp-image-24481" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Shoes-1710–49-British-Silk-metallic-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-2009.300.4131a-b.jpeg" alt="" width="1200" height="749" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Shoes-1710–49-British-Silk-metallic-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-2009.300.4131a-b.jpeg 1200w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Shoes-1710–49-British-Silk-metallic-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-2009.300.4131a-b-500x312.jpeg 500w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Shoes-1710–49-British-Silk-metallic-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-2009.300.4131a-b-800x499.jpeg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Shoes-1710–49-British-Silk-metallic-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-2009.300.4131a-b-768x479.jpeg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24481" class="wp-caption-text">Shoes, 1710–49, British, Silk, metallic, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009.300.4131a, b</p></div> <p>I love historical examples of self portraits by women artists, and here’s a delightful one featuring pink trimmings. Some of the same tints are picked up in the brocade jacket and the second portrait is a match to the pink silk below..</p> <div id="attachment_24502" style="width: 497px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24502" class="size-full wp-image-24502" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Elisabeth-Christine-of-Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel-Bevern-1715–1797-1739-Self-portrait-as-belle-jardiniere.jpg" alt="Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715–1797), Self-portrait as belle jardinière, 1739" width="487" height="600" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Elisabeth-Christine-of-Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel-Bevern-1715–1797-1739-Self-portrait-as-belle-jardiniere.jpg 487w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Elisabeth-Christine-of-Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel-Bevern-1715–1797-1739-Self-portrait-as-belle-jardiniere-406x500.jpg 406w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24502" class="wp-caption-text">Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715–1797), Self-portrait as belle jardinière, 1739</p></div> <div id="attachment_14122" style="width: 563px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14122" class="size-full wp-image-14122" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Jacket-Casaquin-c.-1730-1750-c.-1720-fabric-1730-Artists-name-FRANCE-Medium-silk-and-gilt-brocade-Accession-Number-1331-D4-Credit-Line-National-Gallery-of-Victoria-Melbourne.jpg" alt="" width="553" height="530" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Jacket-Casaquin-c.-1730-1750-c.-1720-fabric-1730-Artists-name-FRANCE-Medium-silk-and-gilt-brocade-Accession-Number-1331-D4-Credit-Line-National-Gallery-of-Victoria-Melbourne.jpg 553w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Jacket-Casaquin-c.-1730-1750-c.-1720-fabric-1730-Artists-name-FRANCE-Medium-silk-and-gilt-brocade-Accession-Number-1331-D4-Credit-Line-National-Gallery-of-Victoria-Melbourne-500x479.jpg 500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px" /><p id="caption-attachment-14122" class="wp-caption-text">Jacket (Casaquin), c. 1730-1750; (fabric c. 1720- 1730, FRANCE silk and gilt brocade, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1331-D4</p></div> <p>She must have liked pink because the same colour show up on a more official portrait of her, and is picked up in the fabric</p> <div id="attachment_24503" style="width: 651px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24503" class="size-full wp-image-24503" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Antoine-Pesne-Portrait-of-Elisabeth-Christine-von-Braunschweig-Bevern-Prussian-queen-1739.jpg" alt="Antoine Pesne- Portrait of Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, Prussian queen, 1739" width="641" height="640" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Antoine-Pesne-Portrait-of-Elisabeth-Christine-von-Braunschweig-Bevern-Prussian-queen-1739.jpg 641w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Antoine-Pesne-Portrait-of-Elisabeth-Christine-von-Braunschweig-Bevern-Prussian-queen-1739-500x500.jpg 500w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Antoine-Pesne-Portrait-of-Elisabeth-Christine-von-Braunschweig-Bevern-Prussian-queen-1739-150x150.jpg 150w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Antoine-Pesne-Portrait-of-Elisabeth-Christine-von-Braunschweig-Bevern-Prussian-queen-1739-120x120.jpg 120w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24503" class="wp-caption-text">Antoine Pesne- Portrait of Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, Prussian queen, 1739</p></div> <div id="attachment_24490" style="width: 561px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24490" class="size-full wp-image-24490" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Length-of-silk-DATE-ABOUT-1730-England-or-Netherlands-MFA-Boston-2005.463.jpg" alt="Length of Silk, ca 1730, England or the Netherlands, MFA Boston 2005.463" width="551" height="1600" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Length-of-silk-DATE-ABOUT-1730-England-or-Netherlands-MFA-Boston-2005.463.jpg 551w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Length-of-silk-DATE-ABOUT-1730-England-or-Netherlands-MFA-Boston-2005.463-172x500.jpg 172w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Length-of-silk-DATE-ABOUT-1730-England-or-Netherlands-MFA-Boston-2005.463-344x1000.jpg 344w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Length-of-silk-DATE-ABOUT-1730-England-or-Netherlands-MFA-Boston-2005.463-529x1536.jpg 529w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px" /><p id="caption-attachment-24490" class="wp-caption-text">Length of Silk, ca 1730, England or the Netherlands, MFA Boston 2005.463</p></div> <div class="mceTemp"></div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta cf"> <div class="entry-date"> <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2025/03/18th-century-pinks-1700-to-the-1730s/">March 18, 2025</a> </div> <div class="entry-comments"> <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2025/03/18th-century-pinks-1700-to-the-1730s/#comments">comments 9</a> </div> <div class="entry-cats"> <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/category/18th-century/" rel="category tag">18th Century</a> / <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/category/my-collection-and-collections-i-have-studied/" rel="category tag">Textiles & Costume</a> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-24354" class="post-24354 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-miscellenia"> <div class="entry-thumbnail"> <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2025/03/on-cats-cuddles-changes/" title="Permalink to On Cats & Cuddles & Changes"><img width="1000" height="750" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-1.jpeg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-1.jpeg 1000w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-1-500x375.jpeg 500w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-1-768x576.jpeg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2025/03/on-cats-cuddles-changes/" rel="bookmark">On Cats & Cuddles & Changes</a></h2> <div class="entry-details"> <div class="entry-author"> Published by <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/author/the-dreamstress/" title="All posts by The Dreamstress">The Dreamstress</a> </div> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>I’ve been very silent here on the blog lately. The world has been very overwhelming for the last few years, as has my personal life. While the first still terrifies me, the latter, thankfully, seems to be settling down.</p> <p>Some things are changing because of what happened and is happening. Here’s what they are:</p> <p><strong>First</strong>, I’m going to be moving myself, The Dreamstress blog & <a href="https://www.scrooppatterns.com">Scroop Patterns</a> off of Meta owned platforms as much as possible. Instead of FB and Instagram, I’ll be redirecting my energy (when I have it!) back to this blog. So hopefully that’s a good change!</p> <p><strong>Second</strong>, if you get the Scroop Patterns newsletter you would have heard about the changes to <a href="https://www.scrooppatterns.com/products/frances-rump-1775-1795" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the free Frances Rump pattern</a>. Because of bot attacks I’ve changes it from a free pattern to a ‘choose your own price’ pattern, which are less likely to be subject to attacks.</p> <p>So now, you can choose any price from free ‘Students & Artists in Garrets’ to a supremely ridiculous price with the label ‘Look I just really love your patterns and want to pay an insane amount for this one’. Whichever you choose is fine!</p> <p>One of the price options is ‘Treat the darling furball who supports the patternmaker by paying for a supersize pack of cat treats’.</p> <p>So, what furball is this now that darling Miss Felicity has passed on?</p> <p>Well, I’m not ready to have another full time cat, but I still love cats and miss having cuddles and something to take care of. So I’m fostering!</p> <p>Over the holidays I fostered four super friendly kittens. They are, counting their heads from left to right: Mimi, Faith, Wendy and Murray (all girls).</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24362" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-2.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" width="1000" height="750" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-2.jpeg 1000w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-2-500x375.jpeg 500w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-2-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-2-768x576.jpeg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p> <p>Wendy & Murray came first. They are sisters:</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24366" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Wendy-Murray-1.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" width="1000" height="751" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Wendy-Murray-1.jpeg 1000w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Wendy-Murray-1-500x376.jpeg 500w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Wendy-Murray-1-800x601.jpeg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Wendy-Murray-1-768x577.jpeg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p> <p>I taught them how to be good sewing cats:</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24365" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Wen-Mur-1.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" width="1000" height="750" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Wen-Mur-1.jpeg 1000w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Wen-Mur-1-500x375.jpeg 500w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Wen-Mur-1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Wen-Mur-1-768x576.jpeg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p> <p>Then they were joined by Mimi, the runt of her litter who stayed too small to spay long after her siblings were big enough to fix and adopt out:</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24363" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-3.jpeg" alt="" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-3.jpeg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-3-375x500.jpeg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-3-420x560.jpeg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p>Mimi was well named. An operatic diva with cold little paws. She did not like to be left alone and had a VOICE to tell you her displeasure if you did.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24367" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mimi-1.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mimi-1.jpeg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mimi-1-375x500.jpeg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mimi-1-420x560.jpeg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p>Last to come was Faith, a kitten who got sick and lost a lot of weight after being spayed. She had to fostered while she recovered before she could be adopted out. Note her shaved tummy.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24369" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Faith-1-1.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Faith-1-1.jpeg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Faith-1-1-375x500.jpeg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Faith-1-1-420x560.jpeg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p>Faith was technically the naughtiest of the kittens but effectively the least naughty. She would lie on all the things she wasn’t supposed to (like my stays), but never scratched them. She figure out how to get into the food bag, but just sat there and enjoyed the fragrance. She worked her way out of the sleeping cage, but quietly curled up on the couch and did not wake us up by rampaging around the room, quite unlike the chaos Murray caused the night <em>she</em> broke out.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24370" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Faith-1.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Faith-1.jpeg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Faith-1-375x500.jpeg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Faith-1-420x560.jpeg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p>Faith was the first to figure out how to get on to the tops of the high dresser and mantlepiece, but she delicately wound her way through the photos and lamps, and didn’t touch the plants.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24371" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-1-1.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-1-1.jpeg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-1-1-375x500.jpeg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-1-1-420x560.jpeg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p>Once her foster siblings, on the other hand, managed the same feat they knocked down lamps and pictures, and tore all the leaves off my maidenhair fern!</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24373" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mimi-1-2.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" width="1000" height="750" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mimi-1-2.jpeg 1000w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mimi-1-2-500x375.jpeg 500w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mimi-1-2-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mimi-1-2-768x576.jpeg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p> <p>(and Mimi has zero remorse! Butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth!)</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24368" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Blep-1.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" width="1000" height="750" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Blep-1.jpeg 1000w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Blep-1-500x375.jpeg 500w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Blep-1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Blep-1-768x576.jpeg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p> <p>I had the kittens for over a month, and while it was delightful, I was glad when it was time for all the little rascals to go to other homes. What mayhem!</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24361" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-1.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" width="1000" height="750" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-1.jpeg 1000w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-1-500x375.jpeg 500w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kittens-1-768x576.jpeg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p> <p>After the kittens I asked for a quiet adult cat, and I certainly got what I asked for!</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24357" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Connie-1.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Connie-1.jpeg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Connie-1-375x500.jpeg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Connie-1-420x560.jpeg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p>Miss Connie was a feral or abandoned mama cat. She was caught when pregnant, had her kittens and raised them to a good age. Once they were adopted out she came me to continue her education in trusting people.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24356" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Connie-1-2.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Connie-1-2.jpeg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Connie-1-2-375x500.jpeg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Connie-1-2-420x560.jpeg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p>It’s a slow process. She spent most of her first few weeks hiding under the couch all day. She’s only just in the last week agreed to be out in the same room as me during the day, and even then she’s only move about if she thinks I’m not watching. Still, progress is progress!</p> <p>Connie was briefly joined by Hugo, a feral kitten who came from a colony with calicivirus and couldn’t be with other kittens until they were sure he wasn’t infectious.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24374" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-1-1.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com " width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-1-1.jpeg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-1-1-375x500.jpeg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-1-1-420x560.jpeg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p>Before me Hugo had never been in a house. In three days he went from scared, timid kitten to entitled little snuggle bug.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24375" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-1-2.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-1-2.jpeg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-1-2-375x500.jpeg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-1-2-420x560.jpeg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p>He expected at least three hours of interactive playtime and two hours of snuggling every day! And decided he was only willing to sleep on the finest of cushions.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24376" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-1-3.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" width="1000" height="750" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-1-3.jpeg 1000w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-1-3-500x375.jpeg 500w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-1-3-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-1-3-768x576.jpeg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p> <p>He was desperate for friends and absolutely adored Connie. She, for reasons you can see in the photo below, wasn’t so sure about him:</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24358" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-Connie-1-1.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-Connie-1-1.jpeg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-Connie-1-1-375x500.jpeg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-Connie-1-1-420x560.jpeg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24360" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-Connie-2.jpeg" alt="Kittens thedreamstress.com" width="751" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-Connie-2.jpeg 751w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-Connie-2-376x500.jpeg 376w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hugo-Connie-2-420x560.jpeg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px" /></p> <p>Once it was clear he was well Hugo went off to a foster where he could spend time with other kittens. Much Connie’s relief as she was tired of being tackled by an ecstatic kitten every time she ventured into the open. Now he has friends to tackle – and to tackle him!</p> <p>So now it’s just me and Connie. And while I don’t get to snuggle her, the extra treats the sales of Frances Rumps fund are helpful for convincing her that humans are good.</p> <p>In fact, I can hear her crunching on some temptations right now.</p> <p> </p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta cf"> <div class="entry-date"> <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2025/03/on-cats-cuddles-changes/">March 13, 2025</a> </div> <div class="entry-comments"> <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2025/03/on-cats-cuddles-changes/#comments">comments 14</a> </div> <div class="entry-cats"> <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/category/miscellenia/" rel="category tag">Miscellenia</a> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-24337" class="post-24337 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-my-collection-and-collections-i-have-studied tag-1790s tag-hats tag-millinery tag-pineapples"> <div class="entry-thumbnail"> <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2025/02/un-chapeau-orne-dananas-yes-its-a-pineapple-hat/" title="Permalink to Un chapeau orné d’ananas (yes, it’s a pineapple hat!)"><img width="750" height="1000" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-11.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Bonnet a la Ananas thedreamstress.com" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-11.jpg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-11-375x500.jpg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-11-420x560.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></a> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2025/02/un-chapeau-orne-dananas-yes-its-a-pineapple-hat/" rel="bookmark">Un chapeau orné d’ananas (yes, it’s a pineapple hat!)</a></h2> <div class="entry-details"> <div class="entry-author"> Published by <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/author/the-dreamstress/" title="All posts by The Dreamstress">The Dreamstress</a> </div> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>What do you do when you make <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2023/09/the-1790s-tiny-piney-dress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a dress covered in pineapples</a>?</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-23126" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_3437.jpg" alt="1790s Tiny Piney dress thedreamstress.com" width="667" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_3437.jpg 667w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_3437-334x500.jpg 334w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px" /></p> <p>Obviously you make a pineapple hat to go with it!</p> <p>I’ve been enamoured of this delightfully ridiculous 1797 fashion plate for some time. It’s a turban ornamented with pearls and a pineapple!</p> <div id="attachment_23154" style="width: 574px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-23154" class="size-full wp-image-23154" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Journal-des-Luxus-und-der-Moden-September-1797.jpg" alt="Journal des Luxus und der Moden, September 1797" width="564" height="884" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Journal-des-Luxus-und-der-Moden-September-1797.jpg 564w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Journal-des-Luxus-und-der-Moden-September-1797-319x500.jpg 319w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px" /><p id="caption-attachment-23154" class="wp-caption-text">Journal des Luxus und der Moden, September 1797</p></div> <p>While the turban was fun, my original worry was about having a hat to protect myself from the sun for <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2023/10/a-visit-to-drottningholm-and-kina-slott/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the picnic at Drottningholm</a> and other events in Europe (jokes on me, it rained for every single one of them).</p> <p>Instead of a turban, I decided I needed<em> un chapeau orné d’ananas et de nœuds</em>. A hat with pineapples and ribbons!</p> <p>My primary inspiration for the shape of the hat was this:</p> <div id="attachment_18825" style="width: 387px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18825" class="size-full wp-image-18825" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/December-1799-Journal-des-Luxus-und-der-Moden.jpg" alt="December 1799 Journal des Luxus und der Moden" width="377" height="636" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/December-1799-Journal-des-Luxus-und-der-Moden.jpg 377w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/December-1799-Journal-des-Luxus-und-der-Moden-296x500.jpg 296w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px" /><p id="caption-attachment-18825" class="wp-caption-text">December 1799 Journal des Luxus und der Moden</p></div> <p>I also really liked the centre front bow placement of this example, and how it’s a bit spiky and pineapple-y:</p> <div id="attachment_24352" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24352" class="size-full wp-image-24352" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1790s-hat-2.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /><p id="caption-attachment-24352" class="wp-caption-text">Fashion plate, late 1790s</p></div> <p>I started with this straw hat, which I wore throughout Europe and got exactly one photograph of myself in, because I kept forgetting to take photos of me:</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24343" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-6.jpg" alt="Bonnet a la Ananas thedreamstress.com" width="752" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-6.jpg 752w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-6-376x500.jpg 376w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-6-420x560.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px" /></p> <p>My idea was that I make the ribbons so they could be quickly taken on and off the hat, so I could wear it as an ordinary sunhat or a historically inspired hat.</p> <p>That isn’t what happened because I never ended up needing to wear it as a historical hat in Europe! When I was back in NZ I redid the ribbons and pineapples and permanently and securely attached them to the hat.</p> <p>And the result was this:</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24350" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-13.jpg" alt="Bonnet a la Ananas thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-13.jpg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-13-375x500.jpg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-13-420x560.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24348" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-11.jpg" alt="Bonnet a la Ananas thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-11.jpg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-11-375x500.jpg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-11-420x560.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24349" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-12.jpg" alt="" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-12.jpg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-12-375x500.jpg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-12-420x560.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p>I used air dry paper clay for the pineapples.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24339" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-2.jpg" alt="Bonnet a la Ananas thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-2.jpg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-2-375x500.jpg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-2-420x560.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p>It’s a material I’ve worked with a lot, so it wasn’t hard to figure out how to make pineapples. Make ovals, press lines, roll out more paper clay into thin sheets and cut leaves, build them on from the inside out.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24338" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-1.jpg" alt="Bonnet a la Ananas thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-1.jpg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-1-375x500.jpg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-1-420x560.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p>Once dry I began painting the pineapples, building up colours until they were satisfyingly pineapple-y</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24340" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-3.jpg" alt="Bonnet a la Ananas thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-3.jpg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-3-375x500.jpg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-3-420x560.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24341" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-4.jpg" alt="Bonnet a la Ananas thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-4.jpg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-4-375x500.jpg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-4-420x560.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p>Confession. I used my 20 year old Caran d’Ache Neocolour watercolour crayons to paint them. Possibly not the most durable medium if the pineapples ever get wet, but then, neither is the air dry clay itself…</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24342" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-5.jpg" alt="Bonnet a la Ananas thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-5.jpg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-5-375x500.jpg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-5-420x560.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p>Once they were dry I used a large needle to poke a hole in the bottom, and then inserted twists of lightweight millinery wire and glued them firmly in place. I was then able to sew the pineapples to the hat:</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24344" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-7.jpg" alt="Bonnet a la Ananas thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-7.jpg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-7-375x500.jpg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-7-420x560.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p>And that is how I made <em>un chapeau orné d’ananas et de nœuds</em>!</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24347" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-10.jpg" alt="Bonnet a la Ananas thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-10.jpg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-10-375x500.jpg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-10-420x560.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24349" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-12.jpg" alt="Bonnet a la Ananas thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-12.jpg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-12-375x500.jpg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-12-420x560.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24345" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-8.jpg" alt="Bonnet a la Ananas thedreamstress.com" width="750" height="1000" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-8.jpg 750w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-8-375x500.jpg 375w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bonnet-a-la-Ananas-8-420x560.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p> <p>Now I just need an event to wear it to where it doesn’t rain!</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta cf"> <div class="entry-date"> <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2025/02/un-chapeau-orne-dananas-yes-its-a-pineapple-hat/">February 8, 2025</a> </div> <div class="entry-comments"> <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2025/02/un-chapeau-orne-dananas-yes-its-a-pineapple-hat/#comments">comments 9</a> </div> <div class="entry-cats"> <a 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