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

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18th-century silk gown on a white mannequin, pale silver-gray fabric embroidered allover with colorful floral sprays, wide panniers, lace cuffs, and powdered wig
18th-century robe à la française displayed on a mannequin in three-quarter view; pale silver-blue silk with woven damask ground and multicolored embroidered floral sprays in pink, red, blue, and yellow; lace-trimmed sleeves and low neckline; full skirt with long train; mannequin styled with a tall powdered wig and ruffled cap.
18th-century robe à la française displayed on a mannequin from the back, in pale silver-blue silk with woven floral brocade and embroidered trailing vines in pink, blue, and yellow; full skirt, elbow-length sleeves with lace cuffs, and a white cap with ribbon trim.
Close-up detail of a pale silver silk dress, with large circular braid-work medallions and trailing vine embroidery in pink, blue, yellow, and green silk thread forming small floral clusters.
Embroidered textile detail on sheer white fabric, featuring raised floral bouquets in pink, yellow, blue, and green silk thread, surrounded by scalloped whitework lacework borders and scattered small flowers.
Embroidered textile detail showing a circular medallion of dense white satin-stitch scrollwork on pale grey silk, with small raised floral clusters in pink, blue, yellow, and green scattered throughout and along the border.
Close-up of silk embroidery on a pale gray ground, featuring a cluster of raised polychrome flowers in blue, pink, yellow, and green silk threads, surrounded by looping silver metallic thread borders and scattered floral sprigs.
Embroidered textile with woven floral sprays on a pale gray silk ground; blue, yellow, pink, and green flowers with leafy stems worked in polychrome thread.
18th-century robe à la française displayed on a mannequin, back view; pale silver-gray silk with woven moire pattern, embroidered with trailing floral sprigs in pink, blue, yellow, and green; characteristic box pleats at center back, ruched trim at neckline and elbow-length sleeves, full skirt extending to the sides.
Title
Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française)
Place Made
Probably The Netherlands
Date Made
circa 1775
Medium
Silk plain weave (faille) with supplementary weft-float patterning, moiré finish, and silk passementerie with silk fly fringe
Dimensions
a) Center back robe length: 62 in. (157.48 cm); b) Center back petticoat length: 34 1/4 in. (86.995 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.2007.211.926a-b
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.