1760s, fashionable dress, Europe

100% hand sewn by Rebecca Olds of Timesmith Dress History

Consisting of: English (tight-back) open robe gown, made of machine-embroidered silk dupioni with bodice lined in stout white linen, with matching stomacher and petticoat, all with pinked self-fabric trims

Underpinnings: linen shift, fully boned worsted stays

Hat: straw, trimmed with satin silk ribbon

Additional items and suppliers:

Pocket Hoops, Lace Engageants, Silk Stockings: Fashions Revisited
Shoes: American Duchess
All Jewellery: Dames a la Mode
Hair: self-styled
Photos: Adam Bell and Rachel Dittrich
Locations: Mottifont Gardens (National Trust), June 2022