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Ackermanns Fashion Plates July 1811

January 27, 2016 By BlissBennet 1 Comment

 

Time is of the essence to July 1811’s fashionable ladies: both include among their accessories a watch. The opera-bound lady will not be late if she keeps her “French repeating watch, with elastic gold chain and seals” wound. What is a “repeating watch”? A quick check of Wikipedia reveals that a “repeater,” which can refer to either a watch or a clock, chime the hours (and often the minutes) at the press of a button. Invented in the late 18th century, repeaters proved helpful for telling the time when one was in the dark, a handy feature when one lived in a time before electricity and/or gas brought artificial illumination to households. Because of their intricate, and tiny, mechanisms, repeater watches were much hard to craft than repeater clocks. Owning and displaying a repeater watch, then, clearly demonstrate that our opera-bound lady is not only fashionable, but well-to-do. The promenading lady’s timepiece is only listed as a “French watch.” Perhaps a repeater was too dear to take on a casual walk?

Vol. VI, no. XXXI, plate 4, page 52
Vol. VI, no. XXXI, plate 5, page 52

Beside our opera-loving lady stands a “youth,” the first time a fashion plate features a child whose gender is obvious. I don’t think one would bring a youth of this age to the opera, though, do you? Perhaps his “jacket and trowsers, à la Militaire” simply suggest that the opera mama is attending has a martial theme?


 

This month’s fabric samples feature a striking upholstery chintz, a floral printed on a background of “bright Sardinian blue.” And two evening dress fabrics, the latter, a “silver regency tissue,” worn by an unnamed beauty with “so much effect at the ground fête at Carleton-House.” I wonder who she was?

 

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Filed Under: Regency History Tagged With: Ackermanns, Ackermmann's, clothing, dress, fashion, watches

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