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Collections

Woman's Ensemble (Dress and Vest)circa 1878

On view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1
Two-piece cream linen women's ensemble on a white mannequin, with bustle silhouette and rust-and-olive embroidered oak-leaf trim on jacket and skirt hem
Costume display on a white mannequin, side view: cream linen two-piece ensemble with fitted jacket and layered skirt, trimmed with brown embroidered leaf garlands at hem, cuffs, and collar; small tan straw hat with ribbon trim.
Title
Woman's Ensemble (Dress and Vest)
Date Made
circa 1878
Medium
Linen plain weave with wool embroidery and mother of pearl buttons
Dimensions
Center back length (Dress): 65 in. (165.1 cm) Center back length (Vest): 32 5/8 in. (82.87 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.2007.211.778a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Copyright
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan Urban