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Collections

Woman's Dress and Petticoat1740s

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Title
Woman's Dress and Petticoat
Place Made
England
Date Made
1740s
Medium
Silk plain weave with silk and metallic-thread supplementry weft patterning with metallic passementerie
Dimensions
Center back length (Dress): 48 1/4 in. (122.56 cm) Center back length (Petticoat): 39 1/8 in. (99.38 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.57.24.2a-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.

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