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Madame Louise Potts
Woman's Coordinates (Two Bodices and Skirt)circa 1897

Not on view
Full-length silver-gray silk damask dress with empire waist, long fitted sleeves, wide flat collar, and center-front rosette, suspended against a gray background
Late 19th-century women's dress displayed on a hanger, pale sage green silk with voluminous puffed sleeves, V-neckline with applied lace and floral trim at the yoke, and a full-length skirt in figured damask fabric with an allover floral pattern.
Maker
Madame Louise Potts
United States, California, Los Angeles, active late 19th century
Title
Woman's Coordinates (Two Bodices and Skirt)
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1897
Medium
Bodice: silk plain weave (faille) with warp float patterning, silk plain weave (chiffon); Bodice: silk plain weave (faille) with waarp float patterning, silk velvet, silk and metallic thread appliqué, and silk satin; Skirt: silk plain weave (faille) with warp float patterning
Dimensions
Center back length (a) Bodice): 18 in. (45.72 cm) Center back length (b) Bodice): 17 in. (43.18 cm) Center back length (Skirt): 41 3/4 in. (106.05 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Evangeline D. Walker
Accession Number
CR.432.68.2a-c
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles