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Woman's Dress (Mantua) with Stomacher and Petticoatcirca 1700

Not on view
Historic women's court ensemble on a mannequin: cobalt-blue fabric with dense gold and ivory floral embroidery, fitted bodice, full skirt, and tall white ruffled headdress
Museum display of an 18th-century robe à la française on a white mannequin; deep blue silk fabric densely embroidered with gold and cream floral patterns, square neckline with white lace trim, full skirt with satin side panels, and tall powdered wig with feather and ribbon ornaments.
Detail of blue velvet textile densely embroidered with gold metallic thread in a symmetrical pattern of scrolling vines, leaves, and floral motifs radiating from a central vertical stem.
Close-up of a historic dress bodice and waist in deep blue velvet, densely embroidered with scrolling gold and silver floral motifs; a satin sash wraps the waist above a pleated, tabbed stomacher.
Detail of a blue velvet textile with dense gold metallic embroidery in scrolling floral and vine patterns, with a scalloped fringe border along the lower hem.
Black and white portrait photograph of a woman facing forward, draped in a large lustrous satin veil with star embellishments, wearing a floral embroidered dress, pearl necklace, and bracelet, hands folded in her lap against a plain studio background.

Unknown, Woman's Dress (Mantua) with Stomacher and Petticoat, circa 1700, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman's Dress (Mantua) with Stomacher and Petticoat
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1700
Medium
Silk satin with metallic-thread embroidery
Dimensions
Center back length (Dress): 67 in. (170.18 cm) Length (Stomacher): 16 1/4 in. (41.28 cm) Center back length (Petticoat): 41 3/4 in. (106.05 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.88.39a-c
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1992, vol. 29-30, no. 12-1 (December, 1991-January, 1993).
  • Norberg, Kathryn, and Sandra Rosenbaum, eds. Fashion Prints in the Age of Louis XIV: Interpreting the Art of Elegance. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2014.
  • Blanco F., José and Mary D. Doering, eds. Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe, vol. 1, Pre-Colonial Times Through the American Revolution. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016.