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Pair of Woman's Engageantescirca 1760

Not on view
Open folding fan of sheer white fabric with white embroidered vine and eyelet border, pleated and spread in a wide arc against a black background
White cotton sleeve ruffle fanned out against a black background, with whitework embroidery featuring trailing floral and leaf motifs along the border and cutwork eyelets throughout the sheer fabric.
Fragment of sheer white muslin with whitework embroidery, featuring trailing vine and leaf motifs with small eyelets along a scalloped edge, shown layered against a dark background.
Fragment of sheer white muslin with whitework embroidery; a trailing vine of small leaves and pierced eyelet flower motifs runs along the scalloped lower hem.

Unknown, Pair of Woman's Engageantes, circa 1760 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry Salvatori, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Pair of Woman's Engageantes
Place Made
Probably England
Date Made
circa 1760
Medium
Cotton plain weave with cotton embroidery
Dimensions
Length (a-b): 9 5/8 in. (24.45 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry Salvatori
Accession Number
M.79.19.6a-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.
  • 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.