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Woman's Dress (Robe à l'anglaise)1770-1780

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18th-century women's dress ensemble on a white mannequin: cream-colored striped floral robe with blue accents, sage green petticoat, wide straw hat, and white ruffled kerchief
18th-century women's ensemble displayed on a headless mannequin, rear three-quarter view: cream silk robe à la polonaise with blue stripe and small floral pattern, deeply gathered skirt pulled up at back, over a sage green quilted petticoat, with white lace fichu at neckline and a flat-brimmed straw hat.
Detail photograph of a historic textile: cream silk brocade with floral pattern and blue vertical stripes, topped with a white broderie anglaise collar featuring cutwork and raised embroidery in a symmetrical floral design with scalloped edges.
18th-century silk robe à la française, back view, cream ground with woven floral pattern and blue stripe trim, fitted boned bodice with radiating seams, pleated skirt fullness at back, white eyelet lace fichu at neckline.
Close-up detail of an 18th-century silk brocade gown back, cream ground with woven pink and green floral sprays, vertical blue striped trim at seams, tightly pleated skirt fanning outward from the waist.
Close-up of an 18th-century silk brocade robe à la française, cream ground with woven floral sprigs and blue and green stripes, showing the back pleats, elbow-length sleeve with ruffles, and a large folded sack-back drape at the waist alongside a white linen engageante and green petticoat.
Close-up detail of a silk brocade garment, cream ground with woven vertical stripes in blue and green, scattered pink and peach floral sprigs, with visible texture from a fine checked weave structure.
Woven silk textile with horizontal decorative bands alternating between cream diamond-lattice grounds and striped borders in pale blue and navy; scattered floral clusters of pink roses and white blossoms with green foliage throughout.
Close-up of folded silk brocade textile with woven floral motifs in muted pink, green, and blue on an ivory ground, with striped borders and visible aged discoloration.
Close-up of an 18th-century silk brocade dress, cream ground with woven pink roses, green foliage, and vertical blue stripes; back view showing pleated skirt, fitted bodice, and elbow-length sleeves with turned-back cuffs.
Title
Woman's Dress (Robe à l'anglaise)
Place Made
France
Date Made
1770-1780
Medium
Silk plain weave with supplementary warp- and weft-float patterning
Dimensions
Center back length: 54 1/4 in. (137.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Derek A. Colls in memory of Mrs. Joanna Christie Crawford
Accession Number
M.70.85
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.
  • Edwards, Lydia. How to Read a Dress: a Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.