The Georgians... The true beginnings of modern Great Britain

Evening dress, 1680's-90's Italy (probably), Cora Ginsburg It was altered somewhat in the 1700's or 1710's.

Blonde, a-b pair of sleeve ruffles each with three flounces; c and d two fragments (pinned to dress: 43.1643a).

"Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon the tender green, Cheers for a time but till the Sun doth show, And straight 'tis gone as it had never been." ~ Samuel Daniel (1562-1620)

The 18th century was a century of great shifts in political and social thinking. In the beginning of the century, Europe was still dominated by the idea that monarchs were "chosen by God", and this was their true belief. This idea was so prevelant, that priests and clergymen were often present at the birth of royals in order to ordain their souls as sacrosanct to god and their "chosen position". This idea begins to fall apart with the Age of Enlightenment, an era from the 1650s to the 1780s…

Fasion of 1780's