18th Century Fly Fringe
Last updated: March 23, 2024
This page links to 18th century gowns and other accessories that were trimmed with fly fringe or fly braid. Most of these gowns are silk, and often (though not always) brocaded silk. See the Additional Resources box at right for tutorials and photos on the construction of 18th century fly braid and fly fringe.
- Nordiska museet 171126, a silk outfit with embroidery, 18th century
- Met 38.30.1a, b, robe à la française, French, c. 1710-1774
- Met 1995.235a, b, robe à la française, British, 1740s
- V&A 700-1864, a sack gown made in Great Britain c. 1740-1749
- Kerry Taylor Auctions 14th June 2016, Lot 28, robe à la française, French, c. 1750-1760
- Historic Deerfield F.356, a silk brocade gown and stomacher trimmed in fly fringe, gown made c. 1750-1770
- Met C.I.59.29.1a, b, robe à la française, France, c. 1750-1775
- Whitaker Auction Spring 2015, Lot 530, silk brocade robe a l’anglaise, Canada, c. 1750-1775
- National Trust 602788.1/602788.2, polonaise robe and petticoat, 1760
- V&A T.77 to B-1959, sack gown, English, c. 1760-1765
- National Trust 1350856.1/1350856.2, a sack back dress and petticoat, c. 1765-1769
- Charleston Museum, open-front sack-back gown, 1760s
- Historic Deerfield, 1760s
- Kyoto Costume Institute AC4854 84-18-13, stomacher, Swiss, 1760s
- Museo de la Moda 2001.2063.a-b (21), dress à la française, c. 1760-1770
- V&A T.120 to B-1961, mantua, English, c. 1760-1770
- Historic Deerfield F.660, a robe a la française and petticoat in a Dutch silk brocade with a chinoiserie pattern, trimmed with fly fringe, c. 1760-1775
- “a garnet Colour Paduasway negligee twenty two yards, etn shillings a yard. trim'd with 2 dozen and a half of fringe the same Colour at eight shillings a dozen. Christmas 1762.” in the Barbara Johnson album
- Augusta Auction March 30 2011, Lot 304, brocade sack back open robe, c. 1765-1775
- Kent State University Museum 1983.001.0008 a-c, open robe and petticoat, probably from France or England, c. 1760-1779
- Met 25.12a-c, robe à la française, British, c. 1760-1780
- V&A CIRC.85-1951, gown, English, around the 1760s
- Cora Ginsburg, brocaded silk robe à la française, French, c. 1765
- V&A T.471 to B-1980, sack gown made in Great Britain c. 1765-1770
- V&A T.12 to B-1940, sack gown made in Great Britain c. 1765-1770
- Kerry Taylor Auctions 17th March 2011, Lot 40, robe à la française, c. 1765-1770
- Kerry Taylor Auctions 10 June 2008, Lot 134, open robe the fabric late 1760s-early 1770s
- Augusta Auction October 2006 Vintage Clothing & Textile Auction, Lot 647, silk brocade open gown, c. 1770
- National Trust 1348724, open robe polonaise, 1770
- National Trust 1348723, open robe, 1770
- Colonial Williamsburg 1971-1388, child’s silk cap, French, c. 1770
- Colonial Williamsburg 1975-340,1/1989-330,2, sack-back gown and petticoat worn by Elizabeth Dandridge in Virginia, c. 1770
- V&A T.161&A-1961, sack gown, English, c. 1770-1775
- Met 2009.300.648, robe à l’anglaise, British, c. 1770-1775
- Colonial Williamsburg 2015-210, A&B, robe a l’anglaise, worn in New York and New Jersey c. 1770-1776
- Kerry Taylor Auctions 20th November 2017, Lot 116, robe à la française, 1770
- Kerry Taylor Auctions 23rd June 2015, Lot 35, robe à la française, 1770s
- Kerry Taylor Auctions 23rd June 2015, Lot 42, robe à la française, 1770s
- Kerry Taylor Auctions 24th June 2014, Lot 24, robe à la Piémontaise, 1770s
- Colonial Williamsburg 1991-474,A, gown, English, 1770s
- Colonial Williamsburg 1953-850, gown, English, c. 1770-1780
- Augusta Auctions April 2009 Vintage Fashion and Textile Auction, Lot 286, rose silk sack-back open robe, 1770-1785
- MFA 43.1822, muff, French, c. 1774-1793
- Met 32.35.8a-c, robe à la française, French, c. 1774-1793
- Colonial Williamsburg 1955-428,1, silk sack gown, France or England, c. 1775
- Kyoto Costume Institute AC7716 93-5AB, robe à la française, c. 1775
- LACMA M.2007.211.926a-b, robe à la française probably made in the Netherlands c. 1775
- LACMA AC1996.221.2.1, caraco jacket (pet en l’air), French, c. 1775
- Met 2005.61a, b, robe à la française, French, c. 1775
- Kyoto Costume Institute AC9704 98-26AD, robe à la française, French, late 1770s
- Met C.I.61.13.1a, b, robe à la française, French, c. 1775-1800
- Museo de la Moda 2000.929.a-e (24), dress à l’anglaise, c. 1780
- Colonial Williamsburg 1941-212,A&B, sack gown, probably French, c. 1780
- Colonial Williamsburg 1994-160, child’s hooded silk cloak, British (worn around Boston, Massachusetts), c. 1780-1800
- Historic Deerfield F.287, a gown, stomacher, and petticoat in painted silk and trimmed with fly fringe, c. 1785
- Kyoto Costume Institute AC9125 1994-14-3, round gown, Italian, c. 1795
- MFA 48.1198a-b, a wedding gown made in Marblehead, Massachusetts, about 1799
- LACMA M.83.281.2, a woman’s bag (reticule), French, c. 1799
