Question about a c. 1815 dress in the Killerton collection

[frualeydis]

On page 172 in Jane Ashelford's The Art of Dress there is a lovely striped dress with a wrap over bodice. I wonder if any of you have seen it in real life (I'm especially putting my hopes in myladyswardrobe and peronel since you live in England). I wonder about the direction of the stripes on the skirt, which isn't shown in the picture. On the bodice the seem to be almost horizontal, with a slight angle, but I am so not going to have a dress with horizontal stripes on the skirt. There is a similar dress at the Gallery of English costume in Manchester (I doubt this link will work long), where the bodice is cut at an angle and the skirt has vertical stripes. This seem like a good solution, but I wouldn't mind more pictures.

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[myladyswardrobe.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I haven't seen it in the "fabric". I have seen some dresses at the Costume of Bath but I don't remember much of any of them as it was a very long time ago.

I have the book myself - probably buried underneath everything in my sewing room - but can have a look at it tonight when I get home (assuming it isn't as late as last night!! yawn!!).

Just to let you know, peronel is unble to access the internet at present as she has just moved house and has some probs with her telephone line.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info about Peronel, I have been wondering.
I decided to cut it like the Manchester example, so that the stripes follw the edges of the wrap over neck line. That took some stretching and tweaking of the toile so I hope it turns out good when finished. I may have to gather the edges a little to make it fit around, but since they will be edged with a frill it won't be too visible.