Engageante
title: "Engageante" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["18th-century-fashion", "19th-century-fashion", "1900s-fashion", "1910s-fashion", "sleeves", "women's-clothing"] topic_path: "general/18th-century-fashion" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engageante" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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Engageantes are false sleeves worn with women's clothing. They were worn during the 18th and 19th centuries, with a brief revival in the 20th century. In the 18th century, engageantes took the form of ruffles or flounces of linen, cotton, or lace, tacked to the elbow-length sleeves then fashionable.
In the mid-19th century, the term engageante was used for separate false sleeves, usually with fullness gathered tight at the wrist, worn under the open bell-shaped "pagoda" sleeves of day dresses. The fashion reappeared briefly just after the turn of the 20th century.
References
References
- Powys, Marian. (1953). "Lace and Lace Making". Boston, C.T. Branford Co..
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