Fig Leaf Patterns Dress With Piping and Vandyke Point and Rouleau Trim at the Hem
Affectionately known as the "Dino Dress", this makes a perfect dress with or without all the teeth for any Lafayette era event.
Widening sleeves and skirts, a trend first seen in the late 1810s, continues into the mid-1830s. Here, the waist is nearly at the natural level but remains a little high. The visible Gothic influence of the zig-zag trim along the neckline, sleeves, and hem shows a new interest in Gothic design trends rather than the neoclassical styles of the early 1800s.
The hems of the 1820s were usually emphasized with trim such as flounces, or applied floral or abstract designs in a different fabric, similar in color but of a contrasting texture. Triangular trim (notice the neckline and sleeves, and the hem) was a huge trend in the 1820s. Zig-zag elements were named (and misspelled)“vandykes” after Anthony Vandyck, the Flemish portrait painter of English royalty and nobility in the early1600s. Another period name for these points is “wolf’s teeth” or “sawtooth”.
