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Woman's Riding Habit (Bodice, Pants, and Skirt)1885-1890

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Museum display of a Victorian-era woman's navy-black wool jacket and floor-length skirt on a dress form, with white head covering and black bowler hat
Museum display of a late 19th-century women's ensemble on a mannequin: navy wool fitted jacket with double-breasted button front and white cuffs, full floor-length skirt with pronounced back fullness, paired with a black bowler hat over a dotted veil.
Two mannequins displaying historical riding attire: left mannequin in a red double-breasted tailcoat with gold buttons, white breeches, tall black boots with brown cuffs, and black top hat; right mannequin in a dark navy fitted jacket and full-length skirt with small buttoned closures, bowler hat, and tan gloves.
Detail photograph of a worn black leather boot with a narrow heel, secured by a ribbed textile strap, partially concealed beneath layers of dark wool and bronze-colored silk fabric.
Close-up detail of black silk textile with heavily crinkled, crêpe-like texture at center, bordered by gathered black fabric and a fragment of aged cream-colored lining fabric at upper left.
Dark navy wool trousers laid flat, high-waisted with a button fly, side seams, and stirrup straps at the cuffs; a buckled waistband tab visible at upper right.
Title
Woman's Riding Habit (Bodice, Pants, and Skirt)
Place Made
France, Paris
Date Made
1885-1890
Medium
Wool twill, full finish Pants: Wool twill
Dimensions
Length (Pants): 41 3/4 in. (106.05 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.2007.211.879a-c
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.