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Woman's Dresscirca 1900

Not on view
Chestnut brown wool dress on a white mannequin, with cream lace bodice trim, full sleeves, and geometric cutwork detail along the flared skirt hem
Late 19th-century woman's dress displayed on a white mannequin, side view. Warm caramel-brown silk with long sleeves, fitted bodice trimmed with cream lace and ribbon bands, and a trained skirt featuring decorative pleated and scalloped cutwork panels at the hem.
Late 19th-century dress displayed on a white mannequin, photographed in profile. Warm brown silk with fitted bodice, cream lace trim at shoulder and cuff, high collar, and a long skirt with a slight train featuring decorative cutwork and pintuck detailing at the hem.
Detail photograph of a tan wool garment, showing a welt pocket with orange-brown lining visible at top, flanked by horizontal topstitched tucks.
Edwardian-era dress displayed on a mannequin, shown from the back. Floor-length gown in warm caramel brown fabric with lace and velvet appliqué across the upper back and sleeves, wide cuffed wrists, pintucked hem panel, and a slight train. White ruched hat atop the mannequin head.
Back view of a late 19th-century brown wool bodice on a dress form, featuring cutwork panels inset with cream lace in a V-shaped arrangement, fitted waist with a fabric belt fastened by small amber buttons, and pleated skirt below.
Title
Woman's Dress
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1900
Medium
Wool twill, full finish, with linen lace, silk crepe, silk velvet, and cotton plain-weave trim
Dimensions
Center back length A: 18 in. (45.72 cm); Center back length B: 52 1/2 in. (133.35 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.2007.211.787a-b
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.