Regency Fashion: Cravate a la Maratte

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Cravate à la Maratte Plate C fig 22 Tue Cravat for this style should be of the finest and whitest India muslin Like the Byron it is commenced at the back of the neck and linked like a chain the ends may either be fastened like those of the Cravat de Bul to the braces or on the back or to the shirt bosom
The Maratte does not require starch and should be simply and plainly folded See plate referred to

The studied  careless of this cravat later described as “A lasso like sling round the neck…in its rude freedom” comes from The Art of Tying the Cravat: Demonstrated in Sixteen Lessons (1828).

For more on cravats:

Regency Fashion: Putting on a Cravat – Regency Reader (regrom.com)

Regency Fashion: The Cravat a l’Americaine – Regency Reader (regrom.com)

Regency Fashion: Cravate a la Byron – Regency Reader (regrom.com)

Regency Fashion: Cravate Sentimentale – Regency Reader (regrom.com)

Regency Fashion: The Cravate en Cascade – Regency Reader (regrom.com)

Regency Fashions: Cravate Mathematique – Regency Reader (regrom.com)

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