English 1700s Clothing and Fashion with Illustrations AmericanRevolution.org Eighteenth Century European Dress The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1770s Beautiful Robe a la Francaise from the V&A Museum. , Here is their description: , This is an example of the most formal ensemble for a woman in the late 1770s, except for court dress. It is a Formal dress of the rococo mid 18th century. Epoch of Marie Antoinette.