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Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à l'anglaise)circa 1775

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Full-length 18th-century women's dress on a white mannequin, cream fabric with scattered floral and botanical print in pink, green, and blue, with a white fichu collar, elbow-length ruffled sleeves, and a dramatically full skirt
Embroidered textile on cream ground, featuring large open roses in crimson and pink with olive green centers, twisting stems, and blue stylized leaves; narrow border at left with small red blossoms on vine.
Crewelwork embroidery on cream linen ground, featuring a large stylized flower in crimson and pink with a white center dotted in red, surrounded by olive and teal green leaves and curving stems.
Embroidered textile detail on cream woven ground, featuring a large circular floral motif in shades of pink and red with radiating layered petals worked in dense satin stitch, surrounded by green stems, leaves, and a small red bud in the upper right.
Close-up of embroidered textile on cream fabric, featuring a large serrated leaf worked in dense satin stitch with olive and dark green silk threads, surrounded by smaller leaves and red accents in chain stitch.
Embroidered textile with cream woven ground, featuring trailing botanical motifs in wool threads; stylized feathery leaves in olive green and red, small clustered berries in deep crimson, and scattered flowers in pink, blue, and red.
Title
Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à l'anglaise)
Place Made
Dress Made: England; Textile: India
Date Made
circa 1775
Medium
Cotton twill with silk thread embroidery
Dimensions
Center back length (Dress): 56 1/2 in. (143.51 cm) Center back length (Petticoat): 41 in. (104.14 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.66.31a-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.
  • Kahlenberg, Mary Hunt. Fabric and Fashion: Twenty Years of Costume Council Gifts. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1974.