Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française)Textile: late 1740s-early 1750s; Constructed: 1760-1770

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Title: Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française)
Place Made: England
Date Made: Textile: late 1740s-early 1750s; Constructed: 1760-1770
Medium: Silk plain weave (taffeta) with silk and metallic-thread supplementary-weft patterning and metallic-thread passementerie
Dimensions: Center back length (Dress): 62 3/4 in. (159.39 cm) Center back length (Petticoat): 40 1/2 in. (102.87 cm)
Credit Line: Costume Council Fund
Accession Number: M.57.24.7a-b
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography: Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.
Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. West Germany: Bruder Hartmann, 1965.

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Title: Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française)
Place Made: England
Date Made: Textile: late 1740s-early 1750s; Constructed: 1760-1770
Medium: Silk plain weave (taffeta) with silk and metallic-thread supplementary-weft patterning and metallic-thread passementerie
Dimensions: Center back length (Dress): 62 3/4 in. (159.39 cm) Center back length (Petticoat): 40 1/2 in. (102.87 cm)
Credit Line: Costume Council Fund
Accession Number: M.57.24.7a-b
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography: Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.
Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. West Germany: Bruder Hartmann, 1965.