Summer Habit of a Russian Woman in 1765

by Thomas Jefferys

This is an elegant plate in Jefferys' famous book titled A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations. In the picture, there is a Russian lady who is fully dressed to suit the hot summer season.

While the Russian winter requires heavy dresses with materials such as fur or woolen clothes, this dress shows how light dresses were made for the summer season. The lady in this plate wears the Sarafan dress which features beautiful lines and galloon designs. She is wearing an elegant Kokoshnik on her head.