Mantua (clothing) - Supermodel and Fashion design

May 22, 2012


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Mantua (clothing)

Wikipedia

A Mantua is an article of women's clothing worn in the late seventeenth century and eighteenth century. Originally a loose gown, the later mantua was an overgown or robe typically worn over an underdress or stomacher and petticoat.

From this garment arose the term mantua-maker, an early term for a women's dressmaker.

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References

Janet Arnold: Patterns of Fashion 1 (cut and construction of women's clothing, 1660-1860) Wace 1964, Macmillan 1972.
(ISBN 089676026X)

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External references

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/18sil/hd_18sil.htm Eighteenth century silhouette and support, covering Mantuas, at the Metropolitan Museum

http://members.aol.com/williamsburgrose/1_Parlor.html Recreation of three mantuas, at Colonial Williamsburg

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