Woman's Riding Habitcirca 1780

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Title: Woman's Riding Habit
Place Made: Italy, Venice
Date Made: circa 1780
Medium: Watered silk faille, watered plain weave silk, linen lining
Dimensions: Center back length (Coat): 24 1/2 in. (62.23 cm) Center back length (Waistcoat): 25 in. (63.5 cm) Center back length (Skirt): 35 in. (88.9 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Dennis C. Stanfill
Accession Number: M.82.16.2a-c
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.
Phil Freshman. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1981-June 30, 1983. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
Burroughs, Frances M. "'Ladies RIDING HABITS neatly made': Eighteenth-Century Women's Wear for Riding Sidesaddle." The 44th Washington Antiques Show (1999): 75-80.

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Title: Woman's Riding Habit
Place Made: Italy, Venice
Date Made: circa 1780
Medium: Watered silk faille, watered plain weave silk, linen lining
Dimensions: Center back length (Coat): 24 1/2 in. (62.23 cm) Center back length (Waistcoat): 25 in. (63.5 cm) Center back length (Skirt): 35 in. (88.9 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Dennis C. Stanfill
Accession Number: M.82.16.2a-c
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.
Phil Freshman. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1981-June 30, 1983. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
Burroughs, Frances M. "'Ladies RIDING HABITS neatly made': Eighteenth-Century Women's Wear for Riding Sidesaddle." The 44th Washington Antiques Show (1999): 75-80.