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Collections

Woman's Chemise1775-1800

Not on view
Museum display of 18th-century stays in tan boned fabric and a wide cream linen hoop petticoat on a white mannequin with sculpted wig
Museum display of 18th-century stays and hoop petticoat on a white mannequin, shown in side profile. The structured bodice is tan silk with off-shoulder white lace trim; the skirt is a domed panniers silhouette with horizontal boning channels in matching silk. White powdered wig and small heeled mule visible.
Title
Woman's Chemise
Place Made
England
Date Made
1775-1800
Medium
Cotton plain weave
Dimensions
Center back length: 37 1/2 in. (95.25 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.2007.211.428
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.