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Collections

Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française)circa 1760

Not on view
Marigold-yellow silk brocade gown on a white mannequin, with silver and gold floral metallic weave, fitted bodice, wide pannier skirt, and lace-trimmed sleeves
18th-century robe à la française displayed on a white mannequin, three-quarter rear view. Golden yellow silk brocade with silver and white floral motifs, featuring a long trained back, lace-trimmed elbow sleeves, and a powdered wig with white ribbon.
18th-century robe à la française displayed on a mannequin, in golden yellow silk brocade with silver and cream figural motifs, featuring a wide trained skirt, elbow-length sleeves with lace ruffles, and a lace-trimmed neckline; three-quarter view showing characteristic back pleats.
Woven silk textile in saffron yellow with large floral and foliate motifs in ivory and gold metallic thread, set against a diagonal chevron-striped ground.
Close-up detail of a textile with saffron yellow ground, overlaid with silver-gold metallic lace featuring scrolling floral and leaf motifs, and a vertical band of dense parallel metallic thread work; chevron-patterned border visible at upper edge.
Textile detail showing a central band of silver metallic lace with open, net-like weave over a golden yellow woven fabric with a chevron or ikat-patterned border visible at the edges.
Close-up detail of a dress with layered golden yellow silk brocade and cream lace, trimmed with metallic silver fringe; gathered fabric at the hip reveals overlapping tiers of floral and chevron-patterned woven silk.
Close-up of woven brocade textile with a repeating floral pattern in ivory and gold metallic thread on a saffron yellow ground.
Woven silk brocade textile in golden yellow, with large floral and foliate motifs in cream and metallic gold thread, bordered by repeating chevron stripes.
Title
Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française)
Place Made
England
Date Made
circa 1760
Medium
Silk plain weave with weft-float patterning and silk with metallic-thread supplementary-weft patterning, and metallic lace
Dimensions
a) Robe à la Francaise center back length: 57 1/2 in. (146.05 cm); b) Petticoat center front length: 34 in. (86.36 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry Salvatori
Accession Number
M.79.118a-b
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.