George as Prince Regent, about 1810 by Sir Thomas Lawrence
Commemorative print from the era of England's King George IV (GR IIII) (1820-1830)
I've been reading Regency history about the era when King George IV of England was Prince of Wales and then Prince Regent while his father was ill. It's a time of great technological advances in printing cottons, which is how I got started reading about it, but now I am a enthralled with the impressive scale of naughtiness among the aristocracy---gambling, debt, ridiculous spending, promiscuity, etc.
Chintz reproduction from William Booth
The Prince Regent set the tone. He was quite a conspicuous consumer. To see one of his quilted chintz banyans (a sort of bath robe) in the collection of the Royal Pavilion Museum click here:
http://www.virtualmuseum.info/collections/themes/costume_gallery/html/history.html
See a waistcoat with a similar print at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/all/waistcoat/objectview_enlarge.aspx?page=8&sort=0&sortdir=asc&keyword=cotton&fp=6&dd1=0&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=0&OID=80013460&vT=1
To read more about fashionable cotton prints of the time click here:
http://www.demodecouture.com/cotton/
And here are sites where you can buy reproductions of the late 18th century chintzes---prices on a scale with Regency-era extravagance though.
http://www.wmboothdraper.com/Cotton_Prints/Cotton_Prints_Index.htm
http://www.dutchquilts.com/chintz_fabric.html
http://www.texrepro.com/drygoods/34
You can download a lovely catalog featuring some chintz from the Titi Halle/Cora Ginsburg website
http://www.coraginsburg.com/catalogues/2004/costume_textiles_cat2004.pdf
The Prince Regent set the tone. He was quite a conspicuous consumer. To see one of his quilted chintz banyans (a sort of bath robe) in the collection of the Royal Pavilion Museum click here:
http://www.virtualmuseum.info/collections/themes/costume_gallery/html/history.html
See a waistcoat with a similar print at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/all/waistcoat/objectview_enlarge.aspx?page=8&sort=0&sortdir=asc&keyword=cotton&fp=6&dd1=0&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=0&OID=80013460&vT=1
To read more about fashionable cotton prints of the time click here:
http://www.demodecouture.com/cotton/
And here are sites where you can buy reproductions of the late 18th century chintzes---prices on a scale with Regency-era extravagance though.
http://www.wmboothdraper.com/Cotton_Prints/Cotton_Prints_Index.htm
http://www.dutchquilts.com/chintz_fabric.html
http://www.texrepro.com/drygoods/34
You can download a lovely catalog featuring some chintz from the Titi Halle/Cora Ginsburg website
http://www.coraginsburg.com/catalogues/2004/costume_textiles_cat2004.pdf
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