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Woman's Dress (Bodice and Skirt)circa 1858

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Full-length women's dress on a hanger, sage green silk-like fabric woven in a multicolor plaid with wide pagoda sleeves trimmed in dark brown fringe

Unknown, Woman's Dress (Bodice and Skirt), circa 1858, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Doris Jones Stein, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman's Dress (Bodice and Skirt)
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1858
Medium
Bodice: silk plain weave (taffeta) with silk weft float supplementary patterning with silk plain weave and silk cord trim; Skirt: silk plain weave (taffeta) with silk weft float supplementary patterning
Dimensions
Center back length (Bodice): 15 1/4 in. (38.74 cm) Center back length (Skirt): 46 in. (116.84 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Doris Jones Stein
Accession Number
M.85.17.181a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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