Mantua

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lookingbackatfashionhistory:• Dress (Mantua) with Train. Date: 1759 Place of origin: France

tiny-librarian: By the 1730s the open robe was beginning to replace the mantua as formal day wear. T

met-costume: Mantua, Costume Institute Purchase, Rogers Fund, Isabel Shults Fund and Irene Lewisohn

defunctfashion: Mantua | c.1760 —The gown had been found in May 1989 by Theresa Merville Crawl

serafino-finasero:Late 17th century French illustration of a woman wearing a mantua (a type of gown)

This mantua is typical in style and construction of the 1760s. By this time, it was worn only by ari

love: The Lovers of Valdaro, discovered by archaeologists at a tomb in San Giorgio near Mantua, Ital

artschoolglasses: Mantua, 1755-60, England Victoria and Albert Museum, London

fripperiesandfobs: Mantua, 1760′s From the V&A

history-of-fashion: ab. 1708 Mantua (British) silk, metal (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

whenasinsilks: Mantua for court, silk brocade lined with linen trimmed with fly fringe, 1760-70,

shewhoworshipscarlin: Details of a court mantua, 1750-55.

lookingbackatfashionhistory:• Mantua. Place of origin: England (made); France (woven) Date: 175

love: The Lovers of Valdaro, discovered by archaeologists at a tomb in San Giorgio near Mantua, Ital

allthingseurope:Mantua, Italy (by Nicola Carmignani)

Palazzo Te- Mantua

love:The Lovers of Valdaro, discovered by archaeologists at a tomb in San Giorgio near Mantua, Italy

love: The Lovers of Valdaro, discovered by archaeologists at a tomb in San Giorgio near Mantua, Ital

love: The Lovers of Valdaro, discovered by archaeologists at a tomb in San Giorgio near Mantua, Ital

Mantua’s Rotonda di San Lorenzo.(via italian ways)

love:The Lovers of Valdaro, discovered by archaeologists at a tomb in San Giorgio near Mantua, Italy

archimaps: Inside the Duomo, Mantua

archimaps: Inside the chapel of the Duomo, Mantua

archimaps: The Palazzo del Te, Mantua

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