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Woman's Riding Habitcirca 1780

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18th-century woman's two-piece dress on a mannequin: olive-gold moiré silk skirt and jacket with wine-red front panels, silver frog fastenings, and white ruffled cuffs and collar
18th-century women's ensemble on a headless mannequin: fitted crimson silk jacket with decorative frogged closures over a full-length golden-yellow silk skirt with a matching trimmed front panel, white lace cuffs and cravat visible at wrists and neck.
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
  • Burroughs, Frances M. "'Ladies RIDING HABITS neatly made': Eighteenth-Century Women's Wear for Riding Sidesaddle." The 44th Washington Antiques Show (1999): 75-80.