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Woman's Dress1815-1820

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Full-length white Regency-era dress on a mannequin, high-waisted with puffed shoulders, chest rosettes, and scalloped cutwork hem border
White cotton dress displayed on a mannequin in three-quarter view, featuring puffed sleeves, high lace-trimmed neckline, satin sash at the waist, and a hem decorated with scalloped cutwork embroidery.
White cotton dress displayed on a mannequin, close-up of bodice and puffed sleeves, with applied needle lace floral motifs and looped trim across a sheer net yoke.
Detail of white cotton textile with repeating diagonal rows of crescent-shaped ruffled trim, cutwork floral medallions, and needle lace edging in an openwork wave pattern.
Close-up detail of white textile with applied lace trim in scalloped floral motifs, three-dimensional fabric-covered buttons along a central seam, and fine net ground fabric.
Close-up detail of a white garment on a mannequin, featuring layered needle lace trim with floral motifs and honeycomb mesh arranged in diagonal bands across a fine net ground, with a puffed sleeve at lower right.
Title
Woman's Dress
Place Made
Europe
Date Made
1815-1820
Medium
Linen plain weave and silk net with cotton cutwork embroidery (broderie anglaise) and cotton crochet covered buttons
Dimensions
Center back length: 54 1/2 in. (138.43 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.2007.211.856
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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