An artois was a long cloak worn by women in the 18th century. It was made with several capes, having lapels and revers like a box coat.
References
- ''Artois , a variation on the Joseph u ' ith additional capes , was favored during the 1790s.'' Page 119 Remember the Ladies: Women in America, 1750-1815 - Page 119books.google.co.in › books Professor Linda Grant De Pauw, Linda Grant De Pauw, Conover Hunt · 1976 ·https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Remember_the_Ladies/BsG1AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Artois+the+women+cloak&dq=Artois+the+women+cloak&printsec=frontcover
- Freeman, Ruth Sunderlin (1978). Cavalcade of Dolls: Basic Source Book for Collectors. Century House Publishing Company. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-87282-001-2.
- Picken, Mary Brooks (2013-07-24). A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern. Courier Corporation. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-486-14160-2.
- Earle, Alice Morse (1894). Costume of Colonial Times. Empire state book Company. p. 49.
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