Purple Francaise gown 1770-5

Here is possibly the worst photoshopping of my life, but deal with it. The white bits are supposed to be lace. The line drawing was much prettier, I think I'll just watercolor it...

Anywhoozzle, this is a drawing of my purple embroidered taffeta Française gown that I'm currently working on (layered over a photo-collage of the actual embroidered changeable taffeta it is made of!).

Pattern:
1770-5 Sack dress / Française gown pattern from Janet Arnold's "Patterns of Fashion: 1660-1860".

Background stock:
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