Regency dress: Media
clothing style
Videos
What Was the Regency Era Actually Like?
“The Regency” has become shorthand for the early 19th century in Britain. What do...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Images
Regency ensembles
From left: Golden yellow silk dress from Great Britain, c. 1812–14, worn with what...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1985 (1985.222.2a, b), www.metmuseum.org.
Regency gown
Frontal view of a white cotton dress with red embroidery from Great Britain, c. 1810;...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. Frank D. Millet, 1913 (13.49.16), www.metmuseum.org.
Regency gown
Side view of a white cotton dress with red embroidery from Great Britain, c. 1810;...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. Frank D. Millet, 1913 (13.49.16), www.metmuseum.org.
Regency gown
Back view of a white cotton dress with red embroidery from Great Britain, c. 1810;...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. Frank D. Millet, 1913 (13.49.16), www.metmuseum.org.
Regency gown
Front view of a brown silk dress with long sleeves and velvet embellishment from...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Catharine Breyer Van Bomel Foundation Fund, 1981 (1981.210.5), www.metmuseum.org.
Regency gown
Back view of a brown silk dress with long sleeves and velvet embellishment from Great...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Catharine Breyer Van Bomel Foundation Fund, 1981 (1981.210.5), www.metmuseum.org.
Regency spencer
Silk spencer from Great Britain, c. 1819–22; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1968 (C.I.68.68.4), www.metmuseum.org.
Regency spencer
Silk spencer from Great Britain, c. 1820; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1987 (1987.237.2), www.metmuseum.org.
Regency pelisse
Silk pelisse from Great Britain, c. 1825; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1972 (1972.139.6), www.metmuseum.org.
Fichu
Linen fichu from Great Britain, c. 1850; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the estate of Margaret M. Cullen, 1934 (2009.300.4252), www.metmuseum.org.
Regency suit
Wool jacket and silk waistcoat from Great Britain, c. 1829; in the Metropolitan Museum...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, NAMSB Foundation Inc. Gift, and Judith and Gerson Leiber Fund, 1995 (1995.292a-c), www.metmuseum.org.