Dress, 1810 (Metropolitan Museum of the Arts)

American; Dress; circa 1810 (cotton, wool). Bequest of Maria P. James, 1910. This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Metropolitan Museum of Art / CC0

Don’t these “ladies” look as if they are ready for a picnic or afternoon of strolling and having tea in the garden?

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“You look perfectly content.” Alfred sat down beside her under the tree.

“I am. It was a lovely picnic.”

Chairs and tables were being loaded onto a waiting cart, while blankets which were not being used, were being folded and placed in a trunk that would be transported back to Ravincot in one of the Langley’s carriages when they all had had their fill of wandering the meadow and reclining under trees as they conversed.

“Are you planning to sit here and read until we leave?” Alfred asked.

“That was indeed my plan unless some other activity of greater interest caught my attention.”

“Would you like to walk with me?”

[from Protecting Miss Darcy, Marrying Elizabeth book 6]

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Leenie Brown fell in love with Jane Austen's works when she first read Sense and Sensibility followed immediately by Pride and Prejudice in her early teens. As the second of five daughters and an avid reader, she has always loved to see where her imagination takes her and to play with and write about the characters she meets along the way. In 2013, these two loves collided when she stumbled upon the world of Jane Austen Fan Fiction. A year later, in 2014, she began writing her own Austen-inspired stories and began publishing them in 2015. Leenie lives in Nova Scotia, Canada with her two teenage boys and her very own Mr. Brown (a wonderful mix of all the best of Darcy, Bingley and Edmund with healthy dose of the teasing Mr. Tillney and just a dash of the scolding Mr. Knightley).

4 thoughts on “Dress, 1810 (Metropolitan Museum of the Arts)”

  2. I agree with jbrand. I could just see those dresses on our ladies. They looked very comfortable and what any young lady should wear. In fact, I’m a bit jealous that a lady over a certain age couldn’t wear such a garment. Sigh… oh, well. I look forward to reading the rest of this scene.

    Hopefully, the closings with the virus will be over sooner rather than later. Although, I don’t want them to rush the process of getting us back to normal and make it worst. Blessings and be safe.

    1. I agree. I would like things to be able to open again, but I’d hate for it to happen before it is safe to do so. Patience is so hard. 🙂 I’d love to just go take a drive and a scenic walk. Nothing fancy or elaborate or even crowded lol

      I also agree that these gowns look comfortable.

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