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Woman's Dresscirca 1818

Not on view
Empire-waist dress on a white mannequin, pale yellow underlayer beneath a sheer white embroidered net overlay with diagonal sprig pattern, canary satin sash at high waist
Close-up detail of yellow net fabric overlaid with white lace featuring floral and scrolling patterns, with a scalloped lace border along the hem.
Close-up detail of yellow lace fabric with diagonal rows of raised cream floral and fan-shaped motifs over a dotted net ground.
Close-up detail of cream needle lace with floral and foliate motifs layered over bright yellow silk, showing fine mesh ground and raised corded outlines.
Close-up detail of yellow lace fabric with white floral and leaf motifs, small woven dots throughout, draped in soft vertical folds.
Title
Woman's Dress
Place Made
England
Date Made
circa 1818
Medium
Linen lace
Dimensions
Center back length: 55 1/2 in. (140.97 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.63.54.5
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.