Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à l'anglaise)

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Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à l'anglaise)

England, circa 1770
Costumes; !Primary
Robe: silk satin with silk supplementary-weft patterning and silk passementerie; Petticoat: silk plain weave (taffeta)
Center back length (a) Dress): 57 in. (144.78 cm) Center back length (b) Petticoat): 39 1/4 in. (99.7 cm)
Costume Council Fund (M.64.83.2a-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.