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Collections

Woman's Fichu1750-1800

Not on view
Museum display of a late 18th-century women's gown in cream silk with blue and green trellis weave and floral sprigs, shown from the back on a mannequin with a straw hat, the overskirt dramatically draped over a quilted sage green petticoat
18th-century ensemble displayed on a mannequin: cream silk robe à la polonaise with blue stripes and small floral print, draped skirt looped at sides over a plain sage green petticoat, white fichu at neckline, silk flower corsage at bodice and in hand, wide-brimmed straw hat with floral trim, and small heeled shoes.
Close-up of a textile garment's upper back, featuring a white broderie anglaise collar with cutwork floral and leaf motifs over a cream silk fabric printed with pink roses and green foliage, accented by vertical blue stripes.
Rear view of an 18th-century silk brocade dress, cream ground with woven pink floral sprigs and blue stripe trim, featuring a fitted back with radiating seams, pleated skirt fullness at the hips, and a white eyelet lace collar.
Title
Woman's Fichu
Place Made
Europe
Date Made
1750-1800
Medium
Cotton plain weave (muslin) with linen embroidery
Dimensions
12 1/2 × 51 3/4 in. (31.75 × 131.45 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.2007.211.479
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.