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Collections

Woman's Ensemble (Dress, Hat, Fan, Epaulettes, and Bow)circa 1825

Not on view
Empire-silhouette court dress on a white mannequin, cream silk with gold palm-frond brocade, puffed sleeves, and a long train bordered with embroidered floral clusters
Court dress displayed on a white mannequin, side profile view; ivory and gold silk with dense gold embroidery in leaf and floral motifs, off-shoulder bodice with puffed sleeves, high Empire waistline, and an extended train spreading across the floor; matching gold turban-style headpiece.
Detail of an embroidered textile with cream satin ground, densely worked with gold metallic thread in curling feather or leaf motifs, accented by clusters of pink flowers with green foliage in silk embroidery, and trimmed with a gold braided border.
Folding fan fully opened, with ivory-toned leaf decorated with gold sequins and metalwork in floral and scrolling motifs arranged in two rows; pale carved sticks with engraved detail at the guards.
Folding fan fully opened, with sheer ivory-toned fabric leaf densely embellished with gold sequins and metallic thread in repeating floral and medallion motifs arranged in horizontal bands; slender pale ivory sticks with gilded painted decoration at the guards.
Title
Woman's Ensemble (Dress, Hat, Fan, Epaulettes, and Bow)
Place Made
Portugal
Date Made
circa 1825
Medium
Dress: silk satin with silk chenille, and metallic strip embroidery, metallic coil cord, and silk lace Hat: Silk satin with metallic-thread embroidery; Fan: Silk satin and silk net with foil and sequins Bow and Epaulettes: Silk satin with metallic strip embroidery
Dimensions
Center back length (Dress): 89 1/2 in. (227.33 cm) Overall (Hat): 10 × 10 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (25.4 × 26.67 × 13.97 cm) Overall (Fan): 16 × 8 3/4 in. Overall (Epaulettes): 2 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (6.35 × 16.51 cm) Overall (Bow): 2 1/2 × 7 3/16 in. (6.35 × 18.26 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.2007.211.934a-f
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.