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Mantua (clothing), the Glossary

A mantua (from the French manteuil or 'mantle') is an article of women's clothing worn in the late 17th century and 18th century.^[1]

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Anna Wintour Costume Center

The Anna Wintour Costume Center is a wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art main building in Manhattan that houses the collection of the Costume Institute, a curatorial department of the museum focused on fashion and costume design.

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Banyan (clothing)

A banyan is a garment worn by European men and women in the late 17th and 18th century, influenced by the Japanese kimono brought to Europe by the Dutch East India Company in the mid-17th century. Mantua (clothing) and banyan (clothing) are robes and cloaks.

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Berrington Hall

Berrington Hall is a country house located about north of Leominster, Herefordshire, England.

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Bizarre silk

Bizarre silks are a style of figured silk fabrics popular in Europe in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

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Close-bodied gown

A close-bodied gown, English nightgown, or robe à l'anglaise was a women's fashion of the 18th century. Mantua (clothing) and close-bodied gown are 18th-century fashion, gowns and History of clothing (Western fashion).

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Clothing

Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on the body.

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Court dress

Court dress comprises the style of clothes and other attire prescribed for members of courts of law.

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Dressmaker

A dressmaker, also known as a seamstress, is a person who makes clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns.

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Fashion Institute of Technology

The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) is a public college in New York City.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Gown

A gown, from the Saxon word, gunna, is a usually loose outer garment from knee-to-full-length worn by people of both sexes in Europe from the Early Middle Ages to the 17th century, and continuing today in certain professions; later, the term gown was applied to any full-length woman's garment consisting of a bodice and an attached skirt. Mantua (clothing) and gown are 17th-century fashion, 18th-century fashion, dresses, gowns and History of clothing (Western fashion).

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Lady Mayoress

Lady mayoress is an official female companion to the lord mayor of a major city in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland, or a capital city of an Australian state.

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Mantua

Mantua (Mantova; Lombard and Mantua) is a comune (municipality) in the Italian region of Lombardy, and capital of the province of the same name.

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Mantua (Kimberley Hall)

A mantua from the collection at Kimberley Hall in Norfolk is the earliest complete European women's costume in the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Mantua (clothing) and mantua (Kimberley Hall) are 17th-century fashion.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.

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Overskirt

An overskirt is a type of women's short skirt which is draped over another garment, such as a skirt, breeches, or trousers.

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Petticoat

A petticoat or underskirt is an article of clothing, a type of undergarment worn under a skirt or a dress. Mantua (clothing) and petticoat are 17th-century fashion, 18th-century fashion, dresses and History of clothing (Western fashion).

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Polonaise (clothing)

The robe à la polonaise or polonaise, literally meaning the Polish dress, is a woman's garment of the 18th century 1770s and 1780s or a similar revival style of the 1870s inspired by Polish national dress style, costume, consisting of a gown with a cutaway, draped and swagged overskirt, worn over an underskirt or petticoat. Mantua (clothing) and polonaise (clothing) are 18th-century fashion, dresses and History of clothing (Western fashion).

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Robe

A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment. Mantua (clothing) and robe are robes and cloaks.

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Sack-back gown

The sack-back gown or robe à la française was a women's fashion of 18th century Europe. Mantua (clothing) and sack-back gown are 18th-century fashion, gowns and History of clothing (Western fashion).

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Stomacher

A stomacher is a decorated triangular panel that fills in the front opening of a woman's gown or bodice. Mantua (clothing) and stomacher are 18th-century fashion and History of clothing (Western fashion).

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Train (clothing)

In clothing, a train describes the long back portion of a robe, coat, cloak, skirt, overskirt, or dress that trails behind the wearer. Mantua (clothing) and train (clothing) are dresses and gowns.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

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1650–1700 in Western fashion

Fashion in the period 1650–1700 in Western clothing is characterized by rapid change. Mantua (clothing) and 1650–1700 in Western fashion are 17th-century fashion and History of clothing (Western fashion).

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1700–1750 in Western fashion

Fashion in the period 1700–1750 in European and European-influenced countries is characterized by a widening silhouette for both men and women following the tall, narrow look of the 1680s and 90s. Mantua (clothing) and 1700–1750 in Western fashion are 18th-century fashion and History of clothing (Western fashion).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantua_(clothing)

Also known as Mantua gown.