fripperies & fobs
for the sartorially obsessed

Robe volante, 1735-40

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Top: Gersaint’s Shop Sign (detail) by Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1720

Bottom: Robe volante ca. 1720, from the Kyoto Costume Institute

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Robe a la francaise ca. 1735

From the Museum at FIT

Robe volante ca. 1720-35

From the Musee Galliera

Robe volante ca. 1735-55
From Christie’s

Robe volante ca. 1735-55

From Christie’s

Robe volante ca. 1730’s
From the Leeds Museums and Galleries

Robe volante ca. 1730’s

From the Leeds Museums and Galleries

Robe volante ca. 1735
From the Musée Galliera

Robe volante ca. 1735

From the Musée Galliera

Robe volante ca. 1725
From the Musée Galliera

Robe volante ca. 1725

From the Musée Galliera

Robe volante ca. 1720
From the Kyoto Costume Institute

Robe volante ca. 1720

From the Kyoto Costume Institute

Robe volante, second quarter 18th century
From the Hysterical Costumer

Robe volante, second quarter 18th century

From the Hysterical Costumer