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Woman's Dress (Robe à l'anglaise)circa 1785

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Full-length 18th-century women's gown on a gray mannequin, cream-colored silk with woven scenic and geometric patterns in olive green and dark brown, deep V-neckline with green ribbon bows, wide hooped skirt
18th-century silk gown displayed on a mannequin, cream ground with woven vertical stripes in green and dark brown, featuring a fitted bodice, square neckline, elbow-length sleeves, and full gathered skirt.
Title
Woman's Dress (Robe à l'anglaise)
Place Made
England
Date Made
circa 1785
Medium
Silk plain weave (taffeta) with silk supplementary-warp patterning
Dimensions
Center back length (Dress): 54 1/2 in. (138.43 cm) Center back length (Petticoat): 36 1/2 in. (92.71 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.57.24.4a-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.