Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française)

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Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française)

England, 1765-1770
Costumes; !Primary
Silk plain weave (taffeta) with silk supplementary-warp patterning, silk passementerie, and silk chenille trim
Center back length (a) Dress): 64 5/8 in. (164.15 cm) Length (b) Petticoat, overall): 40 in. (101.6 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Delmer Lawrence Daves (M.64.66.1a-b)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • 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.