A mantua (from the French manteuil or 'mantle') is an article of women's clothing worn in the late 17th century and 18th century. Initially a loose gown, the later mantua was an overgown or robe typically worn over stays, stomacher and either a co-ordinating or contrasting petticoat. The mantua or manteau was a new fashion that arose in the ...

2017年9月29日 · “woman’s overdress or gown worn over an underskirt. Made with a loosely fitted unboned bodice joined to overskirt with long train. The overskirt was split in front to expose petticoat. Worn on social or formal occasions from mid-17th to mid-18th century.” Wikipedia describes the mantua, writing:

The mantua was a coatlike construction, with sleeves cut in one piece with the back and front. It was pleated at the shoulders and fell to the waist, where it was held in place by a sash. From there it was folded back into a bustle shape and worn over a matching petticoat.

2020年7月20日 · In the 1680s, the bustled and trained mantua became the dominant dress for women, often in dark silk brocades. Men continued to wear the justaucorps, which was now slightly shaped at the waist, with a lace cravat and curly full-bottomed wig.

2020年7月23日 · The 1690s silhouette for women was extremely vertical and linear with the long-trained mantua being amplified by the towering fontange lace headdress. The more modest jacket-style mantua bodices are often attributed to the influence of Madame de Maintenon, the secret wife of King Louis XIV.

2017年1月18日 · 曼图亚（非意大利城市，原词是从法语manteuil而来）是妇女在第十七世纪末和第十八世纪所穿的一种服装。 原本是一件宽大的长袍，后来演变为外套礼服或者是长袍状的外穿礼服，有一个束胸片和协调的衬裙。 最早的曼图亚出现在17世纪末，作为一种比较舒适的替代紧身束胸衣的半身裙，稍后广泛地流行开来。 曼图亚的特色是袖长到手肘处，袖口宽大，罩裙通常遮盖在臀部露出内部衬裙。 最早的曼图亚款式，有长尾拖地的裙子。 约1710年起，变成了尾部上提 …

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. Also known as the Kimberley Gown , this formal dress is a mantua , a two-piece costume consisting of a draped open robe and a matching underskirt or petticoat, and ...

2024年1月1日 · Originating in France in the 1670s, this women’s garment consisted of lengths of t-shaped fabric that were pleated to create an unstiffened bodice with attached overskirts. This gown was worn over...

Known as grand habit or ‘stiff-bodied gown’, it comprised a heavily boned, pointed bodice with off-the-shoulder neckline and short sleeves, a hooped skirt and a train (Image 1). In England, this heavy and uncomfortable costume was only worn at …

2017年4月15日 · The illustrated garment is an example of an English lady’s court outfit made from silver embroidered silk cloth. The mantua (from French manteau) dates from c. 1745 and represents one of the most formal forms of English dress of the period.