sack-back gown or robe à la française was a women's fashion of 18th century Europe. At the beginning of the century, the sack-back gown was a very informal...

sack-back, Robe à la Française, or French gown, this garment was supported by panniers which expanded in width in the 1740s and 1750s, and fronted by a decorative...

between ankle-length and floor-sweeping. Between 1740 and 1770, the robe à la française was very popular with upper-class women. In France, the Empire style...

to more relaxed fashions. The robe à la française or sack-back gown had a tight bodice with a low-cut square neckline, a decorated [stomacher], wide panniers...

this was a short version of the sack-back gown (also known as the robe à la française) which appeared in the 1780s. Greatcoat dress—Despite the name, this...

the open bodice with a separate stomacher was replaced by a bodice with edges that met center front. The robe à la française or sack-back gown, with...

Rococo gown was introduced, robe à la Française, a gown with a tight bodice that had a low cut neckline, usually with a large ribbon bows down the centre...

sack-back gown or Robe à la Française was a women's fashion of the 18th century] my light grey Lutestring [lutestring or lustring – fabric, a fine glossy silk]...

snugly; full shirt sleeves; original Macaroni Women: robe à la française or sack-back gown; robe à l'anglaise or close-bodied gown; the "Brunswick"; tall...

Rousseau, The Repast of the Lion, c. 1907 Pablo Picasso, The Oil Mill (Moulin à huile), 1909 Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation 27, Garden of Love II, 1912...