100% linen- 180g/gram.medium weight
John Woodruff, Peter-street, Westminster, aged about 22 years[who] wears a brown Stuff Manto [wool mantua] lined with printed Callicoe flowered red, and a dark Damask Pettycoat [sic]has absented herself from her Master much longer than Leave given ( Extracts from Notices , n.p.)
The seated pose was also used a great deal in fashion plates of the era like this 1927 wedding image above right
CLARY via Getty Images Claire Danes and Zac Posen at the Met Gala in New York on May 2, 2016
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