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Collections

Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française)1770-1780

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Eighteenth-century women's gown on a gray mannequin, made from dusty rose and terracotta striped fabric with a fitted square-necked bodice, elbow-length sleeves, and full floor-length skirt
18th-century women's gown displayed on a headless mannequin, back view; salmon-pink silk with fine vertical stripes, square neckline, elbow-length sleeves, and full skirt with pleats falling from the bodice.
Title
Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française)
Place Made
England or France
Date Made
1770-1780
Medium
Silk plain weave with silk supplementary-warp patterning
Dimensions
Center back length (a) Dress): 58 in. (147.32 cm) Center back length (b) Petticoat): 39 in. (99.06 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.59.12a-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.