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Collections

Woman's Dress (Overdress and Skirt)1865-1875

Not on view
Museum display of an 1860s–1870s women's dress ensemble on a white mannequin: striped white and gray two-piece gown with tiered bustle skirt, navy belt, dark hat, black gloves, and ivory parasol
Museum display of a mid-19th-century day dress on a white mannequin, shown from behind, in white and grey diagonal stripes with a full tiered skirt, dark sash at the waist, and long sleeves; mannequin holds a small cream parasol with a dark handle.
Close-up detail of a white cotton textile with repeating vertical stripes of small dark olive floral and scrollwork motifs, showing two overlapping tiered layers of gathered fabric.
Block-printed cotton textile, white ground with repeating vertical stripes of dark brown scrolling floral and leaf motifs, fabric shown flat with visible folds and seam lines.
Title
Woman's Dress (Overdress and Skirt)
Place Made
Europe
Date Made
1865-1875
Medium
Overdress: Cotton plain weave, printed, with glass buttons; Skirt: Cotton plain weave, printed
Dimensions
Center back length (Overdress): 42 7/8 in. (108.9 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.2007.211.885a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles