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Child's Bodicecirca 1745

Not on view
Cream silk brocade bodice with elbow-length sleeves, decorated overall with large multicolored floral motifs in pink, green, blue, and gold, displayed suspended against a gray background
Title
Child's Bodice
Place Made
England; textile Spitalfields
Date Made
circa 1745
Medium
Silk plain weave (faille) with silk supplementary weft float patterning
Dimensions
Center back length: 11 in. (27.94 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.81.242.2
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.