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Branford Co. p. 97. Look up
engageante in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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Engageantes.
Glossary of 18th century...
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Sleeve ruffle (
Engageante) MET GT14a...
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pagoda sleeves were
fashionable (1850s),
chemisettes might have
matching engageantes (false undersleeves). Godey's Lady's Book (links to
online editions)...
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Engageante was a 26-gun
frigate of the
French Navy, only ship of her class,
built to a
design by Jean-François Etienne. The
British captured her in 1794...
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trimmed elbow-length sleeves,
which were worn with
separate frills called engageantes. The
casaquin (po****rly
known from the 1740s
onwards as a pet-en-l'air)...
- century,
especially in fine
linen or
cotton fabric for chemisettes,
engageantes, blouses, lingerie,
summer dresses, and children's garments.
Tucks were...
- elbow-length sleeves,
which were
finished with
separate frills called engageantes. Robe à l'anglaise,
cotton embroidered in wool,
shown with an embroidered...
- progressed, with a
frill at the elbow, and
elaborate separate ruffles called engageantes were
tacked to the
shift sleeves, in a
fashion that
would persist into...
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trimmed with
frills or ruffles, and
separate under-ruffles
referred to as
engageantes in
modern terms, of lace or fine
linen were tacked, to the
inside of...
- satin. The
musicians had
pleated ruffs along the
neckline in
addition to
engageantes. The
White clown was
dressed to
represent classic commedia dell'arte...
