Polonaise Collection

Seaside Fashions 1878
Princess line dresses: one is short & more practical for walking, the other has a stand up collar, lacing down the central back seam, buttoned panels at the sides & a train

Race Going Couple
A bright orange tunic dress with a narrow hobble skirt, sleeves with volans, a V neck bodice & pannier or polonaise over-skirt & a soft brimless hat with a plume

Victorian mourning dress 1875
Widow's mourning dress. 1875

Woman wearing morning dress 1875
Widow wearing elegant Victorian mourning dress, with tassel edge, tails and long train. Hair dressed high at the back with complicated twists and rolls with flat cap. Date: 1875

Children of London's West End. Boys: knitted jersey suits with knickerbockers. Girls: pink polonaise & sunbonnet; lilac dress with yoke, sash, gathered bodice & gigot sleeves Date: 1884

Woman in satin dress a la Polonaise, era of Marie Antoinette
Woman in satin dress a la Polonaise, pipe bonnet with rosette, era of Marie Antoinette. Robe a la Polonaise de satin leger, bonet a tuyaux

Woman with black page, era of Marie Antoinette
Woman with tall pouf hairstyle in a taffeta dress with train caried by a black page, era of Marie Antoinette. Dame de qualite a qui un jeune negre porte la queue

Fashionable woman with toy dog, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle, Costumes and hairstyles of the 18th century

Fashionable bonnet from the era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle, Costumes and hairstyles of the 18th century

International Exhibition of Decorative Arts - Paris. The Polish Republic Pavilion - designed by Joseph Czajkowsky. Date: 1925

PANIER REVIVAL 1912
Latest Paris mode is a recreation or revival of a mid C18th polonaise called here a panier dress. Worn with Louis heel shoes & a fur stole. Date: 1912

AT THE RACES 1912
A bright orange tunic dress with a narrow hobble skirt, sleeves with volans, a V neck bodice & pannier or polonaise over-skirt & a soft brimless hat with a plume. Date: 1912

LE PARTIE DE WISCH
A well-to-do group of French ladies and gentlemen in fine clothes play a game of whist Date: 18th century

POLISH LEGION 1810
Men of the LEGION POLONAISE, Regiment de la Vistule, serving alongside the French in Napoleons war with Russia, hated by the Poles Date: 1810

SELLING MATCHES
A woman and a small boy sell matches on the London streets Date: 1804

Child Fashions circa 1870
Boy: D-B jacket with cape, knickerbockers, striped socks & heeled boots. Girls: striped polonaise & fringed cape; tunic dresses with dentate hems, bustles & button trim Date: circa 1870

Woman in Pink Dress / 1869
A pink dress representative of the style of about 1869 - 1870. Viewed from the side the polonaise & overskirt are clearly visible

Aristocratic Dress C18Th
Fontange headdress, petticoats are lavishly & horizontally trimmed with lace & jewels, over-skirts anticipate the polonaise of the late C18th. N.B handscreen & face patches Date: 1700 - 1707

Lilac & Black Dress 1870
Black & lilac polonaise: double-breased jacket bodice with revers, under-skirt with broad, single flounce. The over-skirt is arranged to produce an apron front

Polonaise Dresses 1882
Polonaise dresses: cross-over bodice, horizontal drapery & loosely pleated skirt with tucks & bow; bodice with velvet collar & cuffs & plaid under-skirt. Date: 1882

Costume / Townsfolk 1796
A working class woman wears a buffont, a checked apron over a quilted petticoat & skirt draped to create a polonaise. The man wears a bicorne hat & short boots. Date: 1796

Girl admiring a poppy
A girl dressed in imitation of a poppy in a polonaise dress and pantelettes shades herself beneath a parasol as she looks at a poppy with its head held high

Tunic dress circa 1912
Exotically patterned & brightly coloured tunic dress: narrow skirt, over-skirt draped to form a polonaise & a pleated tunic with a wrap over corsage. Worn with a soft hat. Date: circa 1912

Lady and Parasol 1899
Pink polonaise: wrap-over front ornamented with white flowers, accordion pleated under-skirt. Bonnet with black & pink ostrich feathers tied on with a bow & frilly parasol Date: 1899

Green / Yellow Dress 1899
Polonaise: open body, 3/4 length sleeves, high collar, accodian pleated under-skirt with flounce & ruched trim. Hat with fabric trim & plumes. Pink flower worn in her hair. Date: 1899

Directory Costume ?1883
Polonaise drawn up at one side to produce a slanting line, under-skirt with a double border, gauged chemisette, bodice with cape collar, sash worn at the hip at an angle. ?1883

Womens fashions from the late 18th century from prints of the era.. Woman in a pink dress a la Polonaise, woman in green ball gown with plumed headdress

Lady Gardener 1870S
A young woman gardener attends to her secluded bower. A little bird, seated on her bench, watches her efforts. Date: 1870s

COSTUME 1774-1780
French costumes of the later 1770s include the examples of the high, elaborate hairstyles then worn, also the polonaise gown & pelerines. One lady wears a calash (folding hood). Date: 1774 - 1780

Fashions 1884
Jacket bodice with dentate basques & plastron, pleated skirt & tunic; jacket body & waistcoat, small fur muff, flounce edged skirt, tunic draped in a polonaise. Date: 1884

Winter Fashions 1871
Polonaise costumes (made from 1 fabric only) with double skirts. Plaid: over-skirt cut in long points, short fringed mantle. Black: jacket body with pagoda sleeves

WOMEN & BOW 1877
Boy: angle-fronted jacket, spatterdashes & tyrolean hat. Women: dark brown dress with beige back plastron; green & cream dress with habit bodice & striped ornament

Walking Dress ?1877
A green jacket bodice worn open to reveal a waistcoat & worn with a double skirt - the trained under skirt and revers in a deeper shade. Eyelets & lacing are used as ornament

MYRAs MODELS 1875
Evening dresses ornamented with roses & lace, short sleeves, long waists (one ending in a point), double skirts trained & tied back, over-skirts with apron fronts

Fashions July 1875
Polonaise: in lilac stripes with vandyked trim, open jacket bodice, corset front beneath or in brown plaid. Both have elaborate cuffs. Girl: double-breasted coat

Women & Sailor Boy 1870S
Chatelaine, elephant brooch, sailor suit, handbag. Purple cape, jacket bodice, checker- board waistcoat front; pink polonaise, front opening skirt with black lace underskirt

Fashions November 1875
Lace-edged mantle with tails; blue & grey dress with lattice trim, cape & over-skirts tied at the side over a trained skirt; girl in tunic with epaulettes & horizontal pleats

Polaniase Dress 1868
Girl: spatterdashes & fur trimmed garment with a cape cut into 2 deep points. Women: black & pink polonaise dress with pelerine; yellow dress, black tunic with pointed hem

Aristocratic Dress 1694
Fontange headdress, petticoats are lavishly & horizontally trimmed, the over-skirt of the gown caught up to reveal it. One gown is partially of ermine

Fashions for 1869
Polonaise dresses. over-skirt is up-gathered to create a scalloped edge, deep fringe trim & epaulettes. Girl: over- skirt descends in points & is caught up with a bow

Quilted Red Dress 1868
Green & white polonaise dress with 3 skirts & ornamented with rouleaux, flounces & bows. Red quilted dress with polonaise & double skirt. Girl wears a black mantle with cape

Paris Fashions for 1874
Dresses with single, trained skirts with tablier fronts in 2 colours. Ruffs are worn. The polonaise is replaced by a basque on a jacket bodice or a large sash tied over a bustle

Costume June 1870
Dresses comprised of an under- skirt, upper-skirt with apron front & jacket bodice with basques deep enough to form an over-skirt. Girl: tunic with pointed hem & waistband

Satire on Fashions 1869
A satire on the fashions of the day include flashy, tight trousers & fancy broad shouldered jackets. The polonaise, short skirts, panniers & false hair of the ladies are also mocked

Costume July 1869
Purple polonaise worn over a habit-shirt; white & gold polonaise with triple skirt & open tunic. Girl: triple skirt, over-skirt hitched up at the back with a sash bow

Fashions October 1868
Girl: pleated skirt, front buttoning tunic, cape collar & skirt ends caught up. Blue dress: double skirt, train, pelerine cape, over skirt with diagonal rows of puffings

Polonaise Dresses 1868
Polonaise dresses: double skirts, chemisettes & low bodices & over-skirts caught up with bows. The girls dress has a sack back & the over- skirt opens at the front

Costume / Photo by Merrick
Woman: polonaise with pagoda sleeves, coils of false hair & a tiny hat tilted forwards. Man: light coloured trousers & waistcoat, striped cravat, short jacket with bound edges

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