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Collections

Woman's Petticoatcirca 1785

Not on view
18th-century women's ensemble on a mannequin: coral pink ruched bodice with long sleeves over a full ivory silk skirt densely embroidered with multicolored botanical motifs
18th-century ensemble displayed on a mannequin from behind: a salmon-pink striped silk caraco jacket with ruched trim and elbow-length sleeves, paired with a cream silk petticoat embroidered along the hem with multicolored floral sprays and vines.
18th-century women's ensemble on a mannequin: striped salmon-pink bodice with ruched trim and elbow-length sleeves, paired with a cream silk petticoat embroidered with multicolored floral sprays and garlands. White ruffled cap at top.
Silk embroidery on cream ground, featuring a central vase or basket motif with a large open coral-pink flower, surrounded by symmetrical sprays of tulips, roses, and trailing vines in green, yellow, orange, and blue silk threads.
Silk embroidery on cream ground, symmetrical floral composition centered on a large red flower with a dark blue center, flanked by yellow blossoms and green leafy branches. Below, a heart-shaped motif filled with cross-stitch lattice in red and gold, framed by blue and red twisted cord borders, with small pink flowers and teardrop pendants at the base.
Silk embroidery on pale green satin ground, depicting a single lily in satin stitch with cream and yellow petals spotted in dark blue, red stamens, and green stem with curving leaves.
Silk embroidery on ivory ground, depicting a stylized floral composition with a central tulip bud in gold and navy French knots, flanked by radiating green stems and a large open red and pink flower below, worked in dense satin stitch with shaded gradients.
Silk embroidery detail of a large open flower with purple-edged pink petals and a yellow center with red French knots, on a twisting olive-green stem with green satin-stitched leaves against pale silk ground.
Title
Woman's Petticoat
Place Made
China for the Western market
Date Made
circa 1785
Medium
Silk satin with silk embroidery
Dimensions
Center back length: 41 in. (104.14 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.2007.211.708
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.
  • Edwards, Lydia. How to Read a Dress: a Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.