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Collections

Woman's Dress (Robe à la française and Petticoat)1760-1765

Not on view
Eighteenth-century court gown in ivory silk with wide pannier skirt, gold metallic passementerie trim in sweeping curves, and small embroidered floral sprigs
18th-century silk robe à la française, rear view, displayed without a figure. Ivory ground woven with scattered floral sprigs in pink, red, yellow, and green. Fitted bodice with center-back closure, full skirt with box pleats at the back. Elbow-length sleeves trimmed with layered gold lace engageantes and matching gold lace at the neckline.
Close-up detail of a textile garment, cream-colored woven fabric trimmed with elaborate gold metallic lace featuring repeating fan-shaped rosettes of densely coiled and looped gold thread.
Close-up of an 18th-century silk brocade gown, cream ground woven with multicolored floral sprays in pink, coral, and green, with pleated back panels and center back seam visible.
Silk embroidered textile panel showing a large pink and mauve flower with yellow-edged petals on a green stem, with smaller yellow blossoms, worked in satin stitch on a cream ground.
Title
Woman's Dress (Robe à la française and Petticoat)
Place Made
France or England
Date Made
1760-1765
Medium
Silk plain weave (faille) with silk and metallic-thread supplementary-weft patterning and metallic-thread lace
Dimensions
Center back length (Robe center back): 62 1/2 in. (158.75 cm) Length (Petticoat enter back length): 37 5/8 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Aldrich Peck
Accession Number
M.56.6a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Edwards, Lydia. How to Read a Suit: A Guide to Changing Men's Fashion from the 17th to the 20th Century. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020.