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Woman's Stomacher1740-1750

Not on view
Ivory-white embroidered textile stomacher, inverted triangle shape, densely worked with raised floral and figural motifs in matching cream thread
White lace stomacher of inverted triangular form with two tab extensions at the lower point, worked in an allover floral and foliage pattern with a central pinecone or artichoke motif, photographed against a black background.
Close-up detail of a textile work in cream and off-white tones, featuring densely coiled and looped fiber forming labyrinthine patterns, with raised knotted clusters contrasting against flat cord outlines.
Textile fragment in ivory-white, with an all-over raised pattern of curving botanical forms and scrolling foliage worked in fine knotted or looped needlework against a dense textured ground.
Title
Woman's Stomacher
Place Made
The Netherlands
Date Made
1740-1750
Medium
Cotton plain weave with cotton embroidery and cotton corded quilting
Dimensions
14 × 10 3/4 in. (35.56 × 27.31 cm)
Credit Line
Mrs. Alice F. Schott Bequest
Accession Number
M.67.8.98
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.