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Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à l'anglaise)Textile: 1730s-1740s; Constructed: 1770s

Not on view
Full-length historic dress on a hanger, cream silk with allover pink and lavender floral print, open front robe over plain ribbed underskirt, lace-trimmed sleeves
Quilted petticoat in tan silk, gathered at a cream waistband, with diamond quilting pattern visible across the full skirt; a second layered hem visible at the base; photographed flat against a gray background.
18th-century women's ensemble displayed on a white mannequin with powdered wig: pale blue silk damask jacket with gold lace trim and ribbon bows at center front and sleeves, worn over a golden-tan damask petticoat skirt, with small heeled mules.
Mannequin wearing 18th-century ensemble, rear three-quarter view: a pale blue silk damask jacket with floral pattern, gathered sleeves, and gold lace trim at neckline and hem, worn over a gold silk petticoat, topped with a white ruffled wig with feather ornament.
Title
Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à l'anglaise)
Place Made
England
Date Made
Textile: 1730s-1740s; Constructed: 1770s
Medium
Dress: silk plain weave (faille) with silk supplementary-weft patterning; Petticoat: silk plain weave, quilted
Dimensions
Center back length (Dress): 56 3/8 in. (143.19 cm) Center back length (Petticoat): 37 in. (93.98 cm)
Credit Line
Mrs. Alice F. Schott Bequest
Accession Number
M.67.8.73a-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.