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Collections

Boy's Seaside or Croquet Ensemble (Dress and Cape)1850-1870

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Child's white cotton dress with golden-tan embroidered scrolling foliate motifs along the hem and sleeves, with scallop-edged lace flounces at each elbow and cuff
White textile garment with tiered cape and skirt, decorated with tan embroidered scrolling acanthus motifs along the hem borders and a scalloped lace trim at the cape's lower edge, photographed from the back against a dark gray background.
White textile with a symmetrical foliate motif worked in gold-tan braided cord couching, curling scrolls and acanthus-like fronds centered on the fabric, with broderie anglaise eyelet trim along the lower edge.

Unknown, Boy's Seaside or Croquet Ensemble (Dress and Cape), 1850-1870, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Boy's Seaside or Croquet Ensemble (Dress and Cape)
Place Made
England
Date Made
1850-1870
Medium
Dress: Cotton plain weave with cotton braid applique; Cape: Cotton plain weave with cotton braid applique and cotton plain weave with cotton cutwork embroidery
Dimensions
Center back length (Dress): 22 3/8 in. (56.83 cm) Center back length (Cape): 16 1/4 in. (41.28 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne
Accession Number
M.2007.211.93a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles