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When I found this early Regency-era silk gown from a Norwegian museum that included a scale-drawing of the actual pattern for the dress I knew I had to make it. Luckily I found the perfect silk taffeta to go with it. This is how I made the pattern fit me and how I constructed the recreation.
** ORIGINAL GOWN **
National Museum of Norway, Bridal attire, inventory no. OK-14246
www.nasjonalmu...
** SUPPLIES AND PATTERNS **
Silk taffeta: www.puresilks....
Laughing Moon 126 reference: www.laughingmo...
** IMAGE CREDITS **
Extant gowns:
Yellow: www.rijksmuseu...
Red: www.rijksmuseu...
Brown stripe: www.metmuseum....
Long-sleeve gold: www.metmuseum....
Short sleeve gold: www.metmuseum....
Blue stripe: hart.amsterdam...
Purple w/ gold: www.parismusee...
1815 blue and gold gown: www.metmuseum....
1796-98 short-sleeve cotton gown: www.metmuseum....
1797-98 long-sleeve cotton gown: www.metmuseum....
1920 purple puff sleeve gown: www.metmuseum....
1818 blue gown: www.metmuseum....
1800-1804 gown with train: www.metmuseum....
1799 blue dress: www.rijksmuseu...
1800 red spencer: www.rijksmuseu...
1799 purple dress: www.rijksmuseu...
1806 English trains babel.hathitru...
** MUSIC **
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