Woman's Seaside Ensemble (Jacket, Bodice, and Skirt)1864-1867

Not on view

White cotton dress ensemble on a mannequin, consisting of a fitted jacket and full skirt scattered with navy blue geometric embroidered medallions, displayed with a straw hat

Historic white dress displayed on a mannequin from behind, featuring a fitted bodice and full skirt with dark blue applied decorative motifs in vertical repeating patterns; small straw hat with feather trim and blue ribbon.

Dress ensemble displayed on a white mannequin in three-quarter view: white cotton jacket and skirt densely embroidered with dark navy geometric medallion motifs, trimmed with a black velvet waist sash and button front closure. Paired with a straw boater hat adorned with shells, feathers, and a trailing blue ribbon.

Textile embroidery in dark navy thread on white fabric, featuring a symmetrical geometric medallion with pointed arch outline, dotted borders, hanging tassels, and stylized leaf and floral motifs.

Title: Woman's Seaside Ensemble (Jacket, Bodice, and Skirt)
Place Made: France
Date Made: 1864-1867
Medium: Cotton plain weave, with supplementary warps (ribbed), and cotton machine embroidery
Dimensions: Center back length (a) Jacket): 26 1/8 in. (66.36 cm) Center back length (b) Bodice): 20 7/8 in. (53.02 cm) Center back length (c) Skirt): 59 1/2 in. (151.13 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.2007.211.944a-c
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Costume and Textiles
Curatorial Notes: The expansion of Europe’s railways in the mid-nineteenth century encouraged city dwellers to travel to the seaside for their health. Seaside fashions incorporated fabrics, garments, and trimmings suitable for the coastal climate and lifestyle, while reflecting urban trends like the crinoline and bustle. This ensemble of a loose jacket (called a paletot) and a matching bodice and skirt is machine-embroidered with stylized geometric and floral motifs.
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.
Mida, Ingrid E. Reading Fashion in Art. London; New York: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020.

Woman's Seaside Ensemble (Jacket, Bodice, and Skirt)1864-1867

Not on view

Title: Woman's Seaside Ensemble (Jacket, Bodice, and Skirt)
Place Made: France
Date Made: 1864-1867
Medium: Cotton plain weave, with supplementary warps (ribbed), and cotton machine embroidery
Dimensions: Center back length (a) Jacket): 26 1/8 in. (66.36 cm) Center back length (b) Bodice): 20 7/8 in. (53.02 cm) Center back length (c) Skirt): 59 1/2 in. (151.13 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.2007.211.944a-c
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Costume and Textiles
Curatorial Notes: The expansion of Europe’s railways in the mid-nineteenth century encouraged city dwellers to travel to the seaside for their health. Seaside fashions incorporated fabrics, garments, and trimmings suitable for the coastal climate and lifestyle, while reflecting urban trends like the crinoline and bustle. This ensemble of a loose jacket (called a paletot) and a matching bodice and skirt is machine-embroidered with stylized geometric and floral motifs.
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.
Mida, Ingrid E. Reading Fashion in Art. London; New York: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020.