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Woman's Riding Habit (Bodice and Skirt)circa 1878

Not on view
Museum display of a late 19th-century two-piece women's dress in deep forest green wool, with fitted bodice, button front, and full-length skirt, on a mannequin with a black bowler hat and white net veil
Dark green wool dress displayed on a mannequin from behind, featuring a fitted jacket bodice, floor-length skirt with bustle drapery at the back, and a black bowler hat.
Close-up detail of a deep forest green wool coat on a mannequin, showing the lower torso and skirt with dramatic draped fabric folds; a cream leather glove emerges from a slash pocket.
Close-up detail of a dark green wool garment's back bodice, showing precisely tailored seaming forming an hourglass panel, a single horizontal frog closure at center, and metal eyelet fastenings at the waist.
Title
Woman's Riding Habit (Bodice and Skirt)
Place Made
Scotland
Date Made
circa 1878
Medium
Wool twill, full finish, with plastic buttons
Dimensions
Center back length (Bodice): 24 1/4 in. (61.6 cm) Length (Skirt): 51 1/2 in. (130.81 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.2007.211.779.1a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles