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Collections

Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française)1775-1785

Not on view
Historical silk dress on a gray mannequin, with alternating sky blue and gold horizontal stripes, small floral woven motifs, fitted bodice, elbow-length sleeves, and a wide panniered skirt with a short train
18th-century robe à la française displayed on a headless mannequin, rear view, in blue and gold silk with wide alternating stripes and small woven floral sprigs; back pleats fall from the neckline into a full train.
Woven textile with alternating vertical stripes of blue and golden tan, scattered with small floral bouquets featuring red poppies, blue and white blooms, and green foliage.
Textile fragment with a blue woven panel flanked by tan fabric borders; hand-painted floral cluster features a red peony and white flowers with green leaves, with partial Arabic or Persian script visible at edges.
Textile fragment with a central tan linen panel bordered by blue fabric, painted with a floral spray of blue, white, and yellow blossoms with green leaves in fluid brushwork.
Title
Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française)
Place Made
France
Date Made
1775-1785
Medium
Cotton plain weave, block printed and glazed
Dimensions
Center back length (a) Dress): 63 5/8 in. (161.61 cm) Center back length (b) Petticoat): 39 in. (99.06 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.2007.211.930a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles