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Woman's Stomachermid-18th century

Not on view
18th-century women's dress on a mannequin, raspberry-red silk damask with cream floral pattern, lace-trimmed cuffs, and embroidered stomacher with a tied flower bouquet

Unknown, Woman's Stomacher, mid-18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Alessandro Morandotti, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman's Stomacher
Place Made
England
Date Made
mid-18th century
Medium
Linen plain weave with silk and metallic-thread embroidery and silk and metallic-thread passemanterie
Dimensions
12 × 10 1/4 in. (30.48 × 26.04 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Alessandro Morandotti
Accession Number
M.59.21.2
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.
  • Esguerra, Clarissa, and Michaela Hansen. Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.
  • Esguerra, Clarissa M., Michaela Hansen, Katie Somerville, and Danielle Whitfield, editors. Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.