Yellow Sack Back Gown Study Video.
In this video we are looking at some of the dressmaking methods used in this replica sack back gown - a.k.a the Robe a la Francais. This video covers some of the history of this type of gown, when it arrived in the UK fashion, who wore it and also taking a more indepth look into how to dress it.

Images Used:
- Gascoigne Family - F.Hayman -1740
- Clavey Family - A.Devis - c1754
- Ann Streatfield - A.Devis - 1756
- Ann Ford - Gainsborough - 1760
- Fashion Engraving of Full Dress - 1770
- Elizabeth Crompton - J.Wright - c.1780
- Potrait of a lady - A.Devis - 1751
- Mr & Mrs Carter - Gainsborough - 1747-48
- Robe Volante - c.1730

Quotations Used:
- Ann Buck - Dress in 18th Century England - p.26
- Letters to her friend Mrs Eyer at Derby, 1747-1758. Edited with Notes by Ambrose Rathbone - P.83 and in the letter dated June 21st 1751.

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