plural of Watteau bodice

The back of a woman's gown in which one or more very broad folds are carried from the neck to the floor without being held in at the waist, while the front and sides of the gown are shaped to the person and have a belt or its equivalent.

A kind of bodice with short ruffled sleeves.

plural of Watteau back

A kind of box pleat found at the back neckline of 18th-century sack-back gowns.

plural of Watteau pleat

Reminiscent of the works of the French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721), who revitalized the waning baroque style and painted scenes of bucolic and idyllic charm, suffused with a theatrical air.