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At-home Robe (Banyan)circa 1750

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Historic costume ensemble on a white mannequin: a floor-length cream robe printed with pink, blue, and green florals worn over a gold waistcoat, knee breeches, and flat pointed shoes
Full-length, rear-view display of a voluminous 18th-century woman's cloak in cream fabric printed with pink and blue floral and exotic bird motifs, paired with a white linen cap and dark neck ruffle on a dress form.
Full-length robe displayed on a white mannequin, three-quarter view. Cream ground fabric printed with red, blue, and gray floral and paisley motifs; wide sleeves and olive-green braided front trim.
Printed cotton robe displayed flat, cream ground densely covered with red and blue floral and botanical motifs including curling vines, blossoms, and birds; wide sleeves and open front with a vertical column of circular medallions along the center seam.
Printed cotton robe displayed flat, cream ground densely covered with a repeat pattern of flowering branches, scrolling vines, and large blooms in red, pink, and blue-gray.
Printed cotton textile with an all-over floral and foliate design in red, pink, and blue-gray on a cream ground, featuring large blooms, curling acanthus scrolls, decorative urns, and delicate trailing stems.
Printed textile fragment with dense floral pattern on cream ground; large blooms in red, purple, and blue-gray with curling leaves and small berries, block-printed with visible outlines.
Printed cotton textile with an allover design of large stylized flowers, scrolling foliage, and fantastical birds in red and blue on a cream ground, with visible fabric folds along the lower edge.
Printed or painted textile fragment on cream ground, with a repeating floral and vine pattern in red, pink, and blue, featuring stylized blossoms, berry clusters, and curling leaves; a vertical seam runs through the center.
Close-up detail of a woven textile with a pale pink ground, showing a faded oval cartouche with indistinct script or pattern at center, and partial dark blue and brown figural motifs at the edges.
Close-up of printed or painted textile with cream ground, showing floral and berry motifs in deep blue, red, and pink, with faint stenciled letters visible at center.
Close-up of a woven textile with a cream ground, featuring a trailing botanical motif with red strawberries, blue-green leaves, and dark curling stems.
Printed or painted textile fragment in cream ground, featuring large-scale floral and foliage motifs in pink, blue-gray, and mauve, with scrolling acanthus leaves and trailing vines with small blossoms; visible vertical seam at center.
Textile fragment with printed or painted floral pattern on cream ground; large crimson and pink blooms with blue-gray leaves and winding stems bearing smaller flowers across the surface.
Close-up of lightweight fabric with a faded pink and blue floral print, overlaid with stamped inventory numbers and two oval costumier stamps reading "Henvier Costumier, Paris" and "Gaston Courtois Costumier, Paris."
Close-up of cream linen fabric printed with pink and blue floral motifs, stamped with an oval costumier's mark reading "Gaston Courtois, Costumier, Paris" and the number 9084.
Close-up of printed textile with a floral pattern in muted pink, blue, and green on cream ground, showing an oval ink stamp reading "HENVIER Costumier, Paris, Rue des Colonnes" and handwritten numerals "603" and large stenciled green digits "789."
Printed textile fragment with large-scale floral pattern on cream ground; roses, chrysanthemums, and scrolling foliage in faded pink, red, and slate blue, with visible linen weave texture.
Title
At-home Robe (Banyan)
Place Made
India, probably Coromandel Coast, for the Western market
Date Made
circa 1750
Medium
Cotton plain weave, mordant-painted and resist-dyed
Dimensions
Center back length: 63 1/2 in. (161.29 cm); Width: 78 in. (198.12 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.2005.42
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
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.
  • 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.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako, Kaye Durland Spilker, and Clarrisa M. Esguerra. Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.
  • Edwards, Lydia. How to Read a Suit: A Guide to Changing Men's Fashion from the 17th to the 20th Century. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020.