Dress Robingmid-18th century

Not on view

Embroidered textile in a U-shape with pointed arch top, golden yellow ground densely covered in polychrome silk floral and vine motifs with pink fringe edging

Unknown, Dress Robing, mid-18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Gabriella K. Robertson and Mrs. Marlene P. L. Toeppen, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title: Dress Robing
Place Made: Italy
Date Made: mid-18th century
Medium: Silk embroidery on silk satin with bobbin lace trim
Dimensions: 26 × 10 3/8 in. (66.04 × 26.35 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Gabriella K. Robertson and Mrs. Marlene P. L. Toeppen
Accession Number: 63.2.13
Classification: Textiles
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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Dress Robingmid-18th century

Not on view

Unknown, Dress Robing, mid-18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Gabriella K. Robertson and Mrs. Marlene P. L. Toeppen, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title: Dress Robing
Place Made: Italy
Date Made: mid-18th century
Medium: Silk embroidery on silk satin with bobbin lace trim
Dimensions: 26 × 10 3/8 in. (66.04 × 26.35 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Gabriella K. Robertson and Mrs. Marlene P. L. Toeppen
Accession Number: 63.2.13
Classification: Textiles
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.