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Woman's Dress (Robe à la française)1760s-1770s

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18th-century silk gown on a mannequin, dusty rose and cream striped fabric with woven floral motifs, wide pannier silhouette, lace-trimmed neckline and cuffs, floral stomacher
18th-century robe à la française displayed on a headless mannequin, three-quarter rear view. Pink silk with woven vertical stripes and floral brocade pattern in white and gold. Features a low neckline with lace trim, fitted bodice with side hip pleats, and a full skirt with long back pleats flowing to the floor.
Detail of a silk brocade garment in dusty rose with woven ivory stripes and small floral sprigs in green and yellow; curved pleated trim edged with looped metallic passementerie.
Close-up detail of a silk textile in dusty rose pink, woven with vertical brown stripes, undulating white brocade bands, and scattered small floral sprigs in green, yellow, and pale pink.
Close-up detail of 18th-century silk dress in dusty rose with woven stripes and small floral sprigs in yellow, green, and white, layered with cream needle lace trim of scalloped floral pattern.
18th-century bodice displayed on a mannequin, dusty rose silk with woven stripe pattern, featuring a stomacher heavily embroidered with green metallic threadwork and small floral silk ornaments, trimmed with cream lace at neckline and cuffs.
18th-century silk brocade robe displayed on a dress form, rose-pink ground with woven cream floral and botanical motifs on vertical stripes, small embroidered polychrome flowers at center front, lace trim at neckline and cuffs, front pleating at bodice.
Detail of a mid-19th-century silk dress in dusty pink with woven white and yellow floral sprigs on a striped ground, showing a gathered overskirt trimmed with scalloped lace at the waist.
Title
Woman's Dress (Robe à la française)
Place Made
France
Date Made
1760s-1770s
Medium
Silk plain weave (taffeta) with silk supplementary-weft patterning and silk passementerie trim
Dimensions
Center back length: 60 1/2 in. (153.67 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by John Jewett Garland
Accession Number
M.56.1.1
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Blanco F., José and Mary D. Doering, eds. Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe, vol. 1, Pre-Colonial Times Through the American Revolution. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016.