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Woman's Stomacher1725-1775

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Triangular textile panel of ivory satin densely embroidered with scrolling acanthus leaves and stylized flowers in gold metallic thread, edged with gold metallic lace
Close-up of gold metallic thread embroidery on ivory silk, featuring scrolling foliate forms and a sunburst flower motif with woven and satin stitch techniques, accented with small seed pearls.
Close-up of raised goldwork embroidery on ivory silk, featuring a bee with woven gilt metal strip wings and a body encrusted with seed pearls, surrounded by foliage in basketweave and satin stitch techniques.
Textile fragment with dense gold metallic thread embroidery on cream silk ground, featuring scrolling floral and foliate motifs with raised satin stitch and knotted details, edged with gold bobbin lace trim.
Close-up of a textile fragment showing the reverse side, with dense golden-yellow embroidery threads on a loosely woven ground fabric, edged with metallic bobbin lace trim along two sides.
Title
Woman's Stomacher
Place Made
Probably Italy
Date Made
1725-1775
Medium
Silk satin with silk and metallic-thread embroidery, sequins, seed pearls, and metallic-lace trim
Dimensions
15 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (40.01 × 29.85 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.2007.211.130
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.