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Woman's Dress (Bodice and Skirt)1876

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Full-length champagne-colored silk dress on a gray mannequin, with fitted bodice, large back bustle, ruched skirt, and train, photographed in three-quarter view
Late 19th-century women's silk dress displayed on a mannequin, in pale champagne tone, featuring a fitted bodice with small buttons down the front, long sleeves, and a voluminous skirt with horizontal ruched swags and a pleated hem trailing into a short train.
Late 19th-century silk bustle gown displayed on a mannequin, three-quarter rear view. Champagne-colored fabric with heavily ruched and draped skirt, pronounced bustle at back, fitted bodice with high collar, long sleeves, and extended train with pleated hem trim.
Close-up detail of a cream silk coat front, showing five ornate metal buttons with engraved floral designs and raised central bosses, each fastened with twisted lavender thread loops.
Title
Woman's Dress (Bodice and Skirt)
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1876
Medium
Bodice: silk plain weave (faille) with mother of pearl and cut steel buttons; Skirt: silk plain weave (faille)
Dimensions
Length (Bodice): 26 in. (66.04 cm) Center back length (Skirt): 57 1/8 in. (145.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of John Ely Lathrop and Marie Lathrop
Accession Number
38.19.1a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward; Evelyn Ackerman. Dressed for the Country: 1860-1900. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.