On a cold winter night in a possibly drafty Victorian house dark red velvet tea gown would certainly help keep you warm. It was made between 1895 -1900 and featured in omg that dress. The next tea gown is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and gives this description, This tea gown, composed of a cut-up wool shawl woven in a paisley pattern, imitates a black-centered Indian Kashmir shawl. In fact, the material was probably woven in France during the 1860s or 1870s. On the upper right corner of the bodice is embroidered Cachemire in white thread. Such a tea gown, intended for gender-segregated leisure, is the feminine analogue to the mans dressing gown or smoking jacket. The last photo features a tea gown from the late 1870s. It is a pale green silk adorned with lace and is in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 00:27:02 +0000
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