#casaquin

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1730-1750 Jacket (Casaquin)

silk and gilt brocade

(National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne)

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode illustrée, no. 46, 17 novembre 1895, Paris. Casaquin Louis XV. Modèle de chez Mme Gradoz, rue de Provence, 67. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

[my18thcenturysource]

Excuse my absolute mess, but I started working on a mid 18th century casaquin with HUGE cuffs and the toile was practically perfect!

I took the reference of this style from a 1760s screen by Miguel Cabrera, you know, the pocket flaps and the back pleats. I might add the  decorations, I don’t know yet, but I do know I should style it with a rebozo, because why not.

Since the toile requires no changes, I’ll try to at least cut the fabric this week. It’s nothing fancy, just a plain red cotton to match an old petticoat I have. I’m thinking about adding the buttons from this other casaquin, and you know, a nice ribbon or string to decorate the front:

Also, I’ve been thinking: should I sew the entire fabric and the lining and then join them together (you know, like in a modern manner), or should I join fabric and lining of each piece and then join the pieces together?

Images from top:

Me, in my messy room checking the casaquin toile.

Screen with a gallant scene and musicians (detail), ca. 1760, Miguel Cabrera, Private Collection.

Screen with a gallant scene and musicians (detail), ca. 1760, Miguel Cabrera, Private Collection.

Casaquin, 2nd quarter of the 18th century, Galliera Musee de la Mode de la Ville de Paris.

[fashionsfromhistory]

Casaquin & Skirt

c.1730s (Altered later)

National Museum, Warsaw

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Casaquin. Date: ca. 1730 - 1740 Medium: Gros de Tours, orange silk, blue glazed linen lining, gilded silver lace.

[fashionsfromhistory]

Casaquin

c.1730-1750

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Jacket (Casaquin). Date: ca. 1730-1750; fabric ca. 1720-1730 Place of origin: France   

[bethshistoricaldresses]

Dress, 1725–40 Remarkable for its highly original ornamentation, which combines #chinoiserie imagery and allegorical figures of the #FourContinents, this #casaquin (jacket-bodice) and petticoat is a singular example of eighteenth century woman's dress. 🌼 The execution of the embroidery in wool rather than in silk is also rare. Fantastic birds, pagodas, and exotic flowers are familiar elements of the chinoiseries style of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, but the interpretation of the Four Continents as jesterlike figures is atypical and shows the influence of the #grotesques of the seventeenth-century designer Jean Berain. 🌼 Although the large shaded flowers correspond to those in woven dress silks of the 1730s, the #embroidery overall is more closely related to that seen in furnishing textiles. 🌼 The exuberant and vividly colored motifs are displayed to advantage by the flowing lines of the casaquin and the rounded petticoat. 🌼 This type of two-piece dress, derived from a working-class costume, was adopted as fashionable informal wear in the 1720s. 🌼 Wealthy women would have worn the petticoat over a #pannier to create the desirable contemporary silhouette. 🌼 The exceptional nature of the embroidery on this particular costume suggests that it was intended to be worn for a special occasion. #history #museumcollection #antiquetextile #instamuseum #museumoninstagram #antiquesilk #historicaldress #costumehistory #fashion #historicalfashion #historicalclothing #dresshistory #fashionhistory #historicalcostume #fashionhistorian #18thcentury #18thcenturyfashion Source: The MET https://www.instagram.com/p/BzodmZsAJYa/?igshid=m8fkp1brutpo