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Woman’s Dress (Redingote)circa 1790

Not on view
Woman's dress on a white mannequin, seen from the back, in woven silk with a fine check and vertical stripe pattern in olive, navy, and amber, with a fitted bodice, wide shoulder cape, and full dome-shaped skirt
Dress ensemble displayed on a mannequin from behind, featuring a fitted bodice and full skirt in olive and gray woven plaid silk, with button-back closure and gathered fullness at the rear; paired with a wide-brimmed straw hat trimmed with green ribbon and white ruffled lace at the neck.
Museum display of a late 18th-century woman's ensemble on a white mannequin: fitted bodice and open-fronted skirt in olive and gold checked silk, worn over a white petticoat and fichu, with a straw hat trimmed with green ribbon.
Two mannequins displaying late 18th-century ensembles: left figure in a brown striped tailcoat, waistcoat, and cream knee breeches with buckled shoes; right figure in a brown checked riding habit with fitted jacket over a full white skirt, white fichu, and straw hat with green ribbon.
Mid-19th-century silk dress displayed on a mannequin, rear view, featuring a woven plaid stripe pattern in brown, blue, and gold with a sheen. Tightly fitted bodice with layered cape-like collar, deeply curved seams at the back, and a full bell-shaped skirt. White ruffled hair ornament visible at top.
Close-up detail of a tailored coat on a mannequin, showing the shoulder, sleeve, and back vent in a woven striped silk with brown, blue, gold, and rust vertical stripes; white powdered wig and cravat visible at upper right.
Detail photograph of an 18th-century coat displayed on a white mannequin, showing the collar and shoulder area. The woven silk fabric features a small-scale check pattern in muted tones of brown, blue, gold, and gray with a subtle sheen. A white linen cravat is visible at the neck.
Close-up detail of a woven textile garment with multicolored horizontal and vertical stripes in brown, blue, red, and yellow, shown with a white linen underlayer visible at the shoulder seam.
Close-up of a woven textile with a grid-like pattern of vertical brown, gray, and teal columns intersected by horizontal bands of orange, yellow, and gold threads.
Close-up of a woven textile with horizontal stripe patterning in earthy browns, teal, chartreuse, terracotta, and golden yellow, with fine vertical warp threads visible across the surface.

Unknown, Woman’s Dress (Redingote), circa 1790, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Robert and Mary M. Looker, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman’s Dress (Redingote)
Place Made
Europe
Date Made
circa 1790
Medium
Cotton and silk plain weave and silk satin
Dimensions
Center back length: 61 in. (154.94 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Robert and Mary M. Looker
Accession Number
M.2009.120
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Curatorial Notes

The redingote—a French corruption of “riding coat”—was a dress resembling an Englishman’s greatcoat. It typically had wide lapels, large buttons, and long, tight sleeves. This example also incorporates a cape collar and six buttons at the center back. It is cut away at the front in imitation of the tailcoats worn by men at the time. A false front conceals a tightly laced inner closure and mirrors the inflated upper-body silhouette of men’s fashion.

Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.
  • Örmen, Catherine. L'Art de la Mode. Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2015.
  • Blanco F., José and Mary D. Doering, eds. Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe, vol. 1, Pre-Colonial Times Through the American Revolution. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016.
  • Chrisman-Campbell, Kimberly. Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. New Haven: Yale Univesity Press, 2015.
  • Edwards, Lydia. How to Read a Dress: a Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.
  • Gifts from Mary and Robert Looker, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 2017. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2017.