1760 Marie Theresia

1760s Silk Chiné Stripe

Product Description

This reconstructed silk design is based on an original French dress fabric from the 1760s. The combination of soft floral chiné motifs, ribbons, and striped structure creates a refined textile with strong vertical movement, making it highly suitable for historically accurate 18th-century dressmaking.

The design balances delicacy and clarity through blurred floral forms set between yellow stripes. This gives the fabric the distinctive character of silk chiné, where the pattern appears soft yet controlled, supporting both elegant silhouettes and precise garment construction.

Well suited for

Robe à la Française, Robe à l’Anglaise, and Pet-en-l’air jackets. The striped layout and floral placement also make this design especially effective for garments where vertical emphasis, silk character, and historically accurate proportion are essential to the final appearance.

Design & Historical Context

This design is reconstructed from an original French silk chiné dress fabric from the 1760s, now preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum. The original features pink roses and ribbons placed between yellow stripes, reflecting the fashionable luxury silks of the mid-18th century and the popularity of patterned woven dress fabrics in France.

Marie Therese de Savoie

Marie Therese de Savoie, born in 1756, was a French married princess and Countess of Artois. As a foreign-born member of the royal house, she was not especially popular at court, where marriages to foreign princesses were often met with suspicion and criticism.

She left France with her husband at the outbreak of the French Revolution. Her life and position reflect the tensions of the late 18th-century French court, where dynastic marriage, politics, and public perception were closely intertwined.