Pannier Silhouette
パニエ・シルエット / late 17th–late 18th century / Style / Fashion History
An eighteenth-century silhouette system suspending basket-like supports at both hips so width grows laterally while front and back remain flat. Court dress and the robe à la française used this horizontal field to display woven pattern, trim, and frontal gesture.
A wide lateral outline with shallow front-to-back depth / A nearly horizontal upper edge extending from both hips / A central stomacher and open skirt aligned on the frontal axis / Woven silk, ribbons, and lace displayed symmetrically across the width
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Reconstructing an eighteenth-century court outline as lateral rather than circular volume · Giving a stage or exhibit figure a broad frontal field for motif and arm gesture
- Type
- Use a narrow serif that respects the vertical center and horizontal span, keeping labels within the support width.
- Composition
- Keep torso and front plane shallow, mount equal supports at both hips, and resolve the hem as a wide frontal curve.
- Material
- Suspend cane or a light frame with cloth tapes and align silk or substitute pattern at the center and both outer edges.
- Caution
- Do not turn it into a Crinoline dome or Farthingale cone. Measure doors, aisles, wheelchairs, seats, and adjacent people first, and avoid caricaturing bodies or cultures.
- Further study
- eighteenth-century side hoops / court dress and robe à la française / collapsible panniers, doorways and carriage movement
Related entries
- Robe à la Française (ローブ・ア・ラ・フランセーズ)Same Fashion History lineage.Compare Pannier Silhouette and Robe à la Française
- Spanish Farthingale Silhouette (スパニッシュ・ファージンゲール)Same Fashion History lineage.Compare Pannier Silhouette and Spanish Farthingale Silhouette
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