Women’s Striped Clothing

Last updated: Jan 7, 2024

Stripes tend to go around the arm before the 1780s; afterwards, they more often go along the arm, especially with a growing trend towards full-length sleeves. The stripes on petticoats are almost always vertical.

• Henrietta Cavendish Holles, Countess of Oxford, by Godfrey Kneller, 1714
• Vegetable Seller, Covent Garden by Pieter Angillis, c. 1726
• The Game of Knucklebones by Jean-Siméon Chardin, 1734
• The Laundress by Jean-Siméon Chardin, c. 1735
• La récureuse by André Bouys, c. 1737
• A woman’s gown in Ecosseuses de Pois, 1737
• The return from the market by Jean-Siméon Chardin, 1738
• The Governess by Jean-Siméon Chardin, 1739
• A cook preparing vegetables by André Bouys
• Young woman with a hurdy gurdy wearing a striped petticoat with a solid-colored shortgown
• A striped petticoat on a woman holding a long pole or rake by Paul Sandby
• Children Playing with a Hobby Horse by Joseph Francis Nollekens, c. 1741-1747
• A petticoat in Cries of Paris: Balayeuse (The Sweeper), 1746
• The petticoat of The Attentive Nurse by Jean Siméon Chardin, 1747
• A Girl Sewing by Philip Mercier, c. 1750
• Serving Girl Knitting by André Buoys, 1750
• Whitaker Auctions Fall 2013, Lot 383, a striped silk pet en l'air and petticoat, c. 1750
• Nordiska museet NM.0090398, a shortgown in homespun linsey-woolsey, c. 1750-1775
• Striped petticoats on Fishmongers by Jean Baptiste Charpentier
• HD F.235, United States, c. 1750-1800, a shortgown in striped linen or linen/cotton fabric
• The Kitchen at Sandpit Gate by Paul Sandby, c. 1752
• Figure study by Paul Sandby, 1756
• Mademoiselle Lefèvre by Carmontelle, 1758
• A striped petticoat on a shrimp seller by Paul Sandby, 1759
• The Wool Winder by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, c. 1759
• Head of a young girl in a bonnet by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, c. 1760-1768
• Madame de Chamilly by Carmontelle, 1760
• Madame d’Esclavelles et monsieur de Linant jouant une partie d’échecs by Carmontelle, 1760
• Madame d’Alençon by Carmontelle
• Portrait of a lady by Carmontelle
• Madame la comtesse de Branca by Carmontelle, 1763
• Concert in an interior by Jan Jozef Horemans II, 1764
• An old woman’s bedgown in The Elopement by John Collet, 1764
• Philadelphia Museum of Art 1981-9-3a,b, a light pink silk taffeta woman’s dress (robe à la française) with attached stomacher, in multicolored shaded stripes, made in France c. 1765-1780
• Mrs. George Turner by John Singleton Copley, c. 1767
• Short gowns and petticoats on women in the Vinkestraat in Amsterdam beating a man who had beaten his wife, 1768
• La comtesse de Boufflers et la duchesse de Lauzun by Carmontelle, 1769
• Scene in a London Street by John Collet, 1770 (zoom in to look at the woman sitting next to the carriage-driver)
• National Trust 1360760, 1770; a gown in cream, pink and green striped silk
• National Trust 1348729, 1770; open robe in cream silk with narrow ribbon stripes in strawberry pink
• High life below stairs, 1770
• A striped petticoat in The ascent to the round tower by Paul Sandby, c. 1770
• National Trust 1350448, 1770-1780; bodice from a dress in yellow silk with a ribbon stripe of strawberry pink
• National Trust 1362160.2, a stomacher made of pink and white striped taffeta, 1770 (the rest of the dress was made over c. 1840)
• National Trust 1348709.1/1348709.2, 1770-1775, a sack-back dress and petticoat in cherry red rib and cream satin weave with brocaded pattern
• L’Ouvriere en Dentelle, 1770s
• Kerry Taylor Auctions Dec 12 2016, Lot 46, striped chine taffeta robe à la polonaise, 1770s, the silk woven in shades of green pink and ivory
• Kerry Taylor Auctions Dec 12 2016, Lot 48, a fine striped robe à la polonaise, French, 1770s, of cinnamon and ivory satin stripes
• Philadelphia Museum of Art 1981-9-2a,b, robe à la française with attached stomacher and matching petticoat in green and white striped silk, French, c. 1770-1780
• The Fair Penitent, or the Lover’s Mind Disclos’d, 1773
• Seated woman in profile wearing a striped shortgown and a striped petticoat, by Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, 1774
• A matching striped gown and petticoat in Spectators at a Print-Shop in St. Paul’s Church Yard, 1774
• The reading lesson by Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, c. 1774-1779
• Madame la comtesse de Belsunce by Carmontelle, 1775
• A mismatched striped gown and striped petticoat in True Town Picture; or An Old Hag of Drury presenting a Chicken to his Lordship, 1775
• A blue and white striped short gown in Departure from a French Inn: An Illustration for Sterne’s Sentimental Journey by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1775
• A pleasing method of rouzing the doctor, or, A tythe pig no bad sight, 1775
• Met 1981.313.2, a British silk robe à la polonaise, c. 1775
• V&A T.96&A-1972, England, c. 1775, a woman’s gown of lustring striped in pale green, cream and two shades of purple
• National Trust 1362010, 1775, a pink striped silk drawstring poloniase
• A striped shortgown in A woman with a mortar and a woman with a roast lamb by Pehr Hilleström, c. 1775
• Interior from Näs Estate by Pehr Hilleström, c. 1775
• Kitchen scene by Pehr Hilleström
• LACMA M.70.85, woman’s dress (robe à l’anglaise), silk, France, c. 1775
• Met 2009.300.917a, b, French, c. 1775; a dress (actually a caraco with sabot sleeves and matching petticoat) in striped silk
• Several illustrations in an album containing watercolor paintings of costumes, c. 1775
• Striped petticoat in La confiance enfantine, 1775
• Philadelphia Museum of Art 1959-113-1, a woman’s round gown in striped cotton plain weave, made in Pennsylvania c. 1775-1780s
• National Trust 1350382, 1775-1825, France, a jacket in a block-printed striped cotton
• A striped petticoat in The Fond Parents, 1776
• A girl buying a ballad by Henry Walton, 1778
• A striped gown in The Manchester Hero, or Arts yield to Arms, 1778
• Wide, bold stripes on the gown worn by one of The Rival Milleners, c. 1778-1779
• Met C.I.65.13.2a-c, robe à la française in silk in green and ivory stripes, French, c. 1778-1785
• A striped gown in The old ballad singer, 1779
• Christie’s Sale 4981, Lot 3334, a lady’s ensemble (jacket and skirt) of yellow striped silk
• KCI AC7620 1992-34-1AB, France, c. 1780; robe à la polonaise in yellow striped silk taffeta
• KCI AC5316 86-8-4AB, France, c. 1780; robe retroussée dans les poches with matching petticoat in white and red striped silk
• Lydia Henrietta Malortie, Mrs Henry Hoare by George Romney, 1780-1784
• Vintage Textile 2811, French brocaded silk taffeta open robe, 1780s
• National Trust 1348739, 1780-1790, a caraco in ivory rib silk with woven satin stripes in pink and pale green
• A kitchen maid by Hugues Taraval, 1783
• College breakfast, 1783
• Matching striped gown and petticoat in Cymon and Iphigenia, 1783
• A gown with narrow stripes in Palemon and Lavinia, 1784
• A striped petticoat in Camp in Hyde Park, London, 1785
• A striped petticoat on A girl with a distaff by David Allan, c. 1785
• Met C.I.66.39a, b, robe à l’anglaise, silk, French, 1785-1787
• A blue-on-blue striped gown worn by Miss Breme Jones, 1785-1787
• MFA 43.703a-b, a woman’s dress (fitted jacket with matching petticoat) in scarlet and yellow striped silk satin, France, c. 1785-1790
• LACMA M.2007.211.931, woman’s dress (robe à l’anglaise) in silk twill and silk plain-weave stripes, France, 1785-1790
• The Rustic Lover by Francis Wheatley, 1786
• The Happy Family, 1787
• Galerie des Modes, “The young Zuma in a Redingote …”; also, “For example, the fashion of stripes, passing from narrow to wide, whether it admitted the medium degree, or whether that was omitted, can no longer increase, because after the widest there are no more. However, not being able to increase, and to satisfy this insatiable need that we have for variety, and being, as I said, overloaded, it must perish and disappear,” 1787
• Magasin de Modes Nouvelles, Françaises et Anglaises, January 1788
• A striped petticoat in Soldier with Country Women Selling Ribbons, near a Military Camp by Francis Wheatley, 1788
• A striped gown in Visit to the child at nurse by George Morland, c. 1788
• French striped silk caraco, late 18th century
• MFA 43.575, a petticoat in heavy red and blue striped wool, possibly French or English, late 18th century
• A striped petticoat in Young Couple with Two Small Children in a Laundry by Sigmund Freudenberger
• MFA 43.546, a striped red and blue heavy wool and linen petticoat, English or French, late 18th century
• KCI AC9113 94-11-2, France, c. 1790; a jacket in red and white striped silk
• Griselle en négligé du matin wears a striped petticoat
• Met 2010.151, a late 18th century French silk jacket
• AC5784 88-19-13, France, c. 1790; a pierrot jacket in green and yellow striped silk taffeta and satin with fringe
• LACMA M.2009.120, a redingote, c. 1790
• A striped gown on The cherry girl, c. 1790
• The Affectionate Daughter, 1792
• A woman’s gown in St James’s day, 1793
• Striped gowns in A scene at Billingsgate by John Locker, 1793
• A woman’s gown in The Taylor Done Over! 1794
• A woman’s blue and white striped bedgown in Haymakers by George Stubbs, 1794
• Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna by Dmitry Levitzky, 1791
• Maria Pavlovna of Russia by Dmitry Levitzky, 1790s
• Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia by Dmitry Levitzky, c. 1795
• Met 1979.20a-e, g, a silk round gown, Italy, c. 1795
• A striped petticoat on a Maid Buying a Love-Ditty by Pehr Hilleström, c. 1796
• The Wandering Sailor by Henry Singleton, c. 1798
• An old woman’s short gown in She will be a soldier, 1798
• Morning by Francis Wheatley, 1799
• Loo in the Kitchin or High Life below Stairs by Isaac Cruikshank, 1799
• Study of a girl in a blue striped dress by Thomas Rowlandson
• A woman’s gown in Disturbed family life in the nursery by Johann Eleazar Zeissig
• Colonial Williamsburg 2014-206, a blue striped shortgown from Pennsylvania, 1800-1830