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Collections

Woman's Dress (Bodice and Skirt)circa 1850

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Museum display of a mid-19th century cream silk evening gown with gold metallic embroidered palm motifs, tiered skirt, and wide lace bertha collar, on a white mannequin
Mid-19th-century evening dress displayed on a mannequin, rear three-quarter view. Cream silk skirt with scattered gold embroidered botanical motifs, deeply pleated at the waist. Off-the-shoulder bertha collar of layered ivory lace. Pearl necklace and fabric headdress complete the ensemble.
Close-up detail of a cream silk bodice with pointed stomacher front, overlaid with needle lace featuring embroidered floral and botanical motifs in ivory and gold metallic thread.
Woven silk textile with ivory damask ground featuring large lobed leaves; gold embroidered or brocaded cascading floral sprays with radiating stems and clustered blossoms in gold and silver tones.
Close-up of cream-colored lace or net fabric with metallic gold thread couched in curving floral and leaf motifs across a fine honeycomb mesh ground.
Close-up of cream-colored lace textile with a fine net ground, decorated with embroidered sprays of leaves, berries, and floral motifs in looped threadwork.
Ivory silk textile with woven and embroidered botanical motifs; a central seed head with cascading gold thread clusters rises above woven cream-colored lobed leaves, with additional gold floral sprays at the edges.
Title
Woman's Dress (Bodice and Skirt)
Place Made
probably France
Date Made
circa 1850
Medium
Bodice: Silk satin with silk and metallic-thread supplementary weft patterning with silk and metallic-thread lace, silk satin, silk net, cotton net, and silk satin ribbon with metallic thread supplementary warp patterning and edging: Skirt: Silk satin with silk and metallic-thread supplementary weft patterning with silk and metallic-thread lace, and silk satin.
Dimensions
Center back length (Bodice): 11 3/4 in. (29.85 cm) Center back length (Skirt): 43 in. (109.22 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.2007.211.872a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles