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Collections

Woman's Petticoat1795-1820

Not on view
Museum mannequin wearing a full-length olive-brown printed cloak with a structured hood and pleated hem over a pale blue quilted petticoat
Textile with pale blue ground covered in dense rows of small red kantha running stitches; upper right corner reveals an olive-brown layer with multicolor printed floral and cloud motifs.
Title
Woman's Petticoat
Place Made
France, Provence
Date Made
1795-1820
Medium
Silk plain weave (faille) with self warp patterning, quilted, and cotton plain weave
Dimensions
Center back length: 36 in. (91.44 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Grieve
Accession Number
M.79.237.7
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.