Woman's Riding Habit

* Nearly 20,000 images of artworks the museum believes to be in the public domain are available to download on this site. Other images may be protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. By using any of these images you agree to LACMA's Terms of Use.

Woman's Riding Habit

Italy, Venice, circa 1780
Costumes; ensembles
Watered silk faille, watered plain weave silk, linen lining
Center back length (Coat): 24 1/2 in. (62.23 cm) Center back length (Waistcoat): 25 in. (63.5 cm) Center back length (Skirt): 35 in. (88.9 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Dennis C. Stanfill (M.82.16.2a-c)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Burroughs, Frances M. "'Ladies RIDING HABITS neatly made': Eighteenth-Century Women's Wear for Riding Sidesaddle." The 44th Washington Antiques Show (1999): 75-80.
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.
  • Burroughs, Frances M. "'Ladies RIDING HABITS neatly made': Eighteenth-Century Women's Wear for Riding Sidesaddle." The 44th Washington Antiques Show (1999): 75-80.
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.
  • Phil Freshman. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1981-June 30, 1983. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
More...