- Brunswick (clothing)
A Brunswick gown or Brunswick is a two-piece woman's gown of the mid-eighteenth century.
The Brunswick comprises a hip-length jacket with a high neckline and a
hood , worn with a matchingpetticoat . The jacketsleeve s consist of an upper sleeve with flounces at the elbow and a tight, wrist-length lower sleeve.The Brunswick is one of several informal jacket-and-petticoat costumes popular in the later eighteenth century, derived from working class costume but made up in fine fabrics.
Originating in
France (based on a German fashion), the Brunswick was also popular inEngland and America as a traveling costume.References
*Baumgarten, Linda: "What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America", Yale University Press,2002. ISBN 0-300-09580-5
*Ribeiro, Aileen: "The Art of Dress: Fashion in England and France 1750-1820", Yale University Press, 1995, ISBN 0-300-06287-7
*Ribeiro, Aileen: "Dress in Eighteenth Century Europe 1715-1789", Yale University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-300-09151-6
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