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Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française)textile circa 1750, constructed circa 1760

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Eighteenth-century woman's gown on a mannequin, cream silk with polychrome floral embroidery, wide panniers skirt, green ribbon ladder trim down the front, straw hat with coral ribbon
18th-century women's robe à la française displayed on a mannequin, rear view. Cream silk fabric printed with scattered multicolored floral bouquets in red, blue, yellow, and green. Fitted bodice with robings, elbow-length sleeves with ruffled trim, and a full skirt with back pleats. Accessorized with a flat-brimmed hat and red ribbon.
Wool embroidery on linen featuring a floral bouquet: a large blue six-petaled flower at top, a pink daisy-like bloom at right, and three red berries at left, with green stems and leaves, worked in satin and chain stitches.
Crewel embroidery on natural linen ground depicting a floral bouquet: a large red poppy with dark outlines at top, a yellow daisy below left, green feathery leaves, small pink and blue buds, worked in satin and stem stitches.
Embroidery on cream linen fabric depicting a large red tomato worked in dense satin and stem stitches with shading from deep crimson to pale pink, surrounded by green leafy sprigs and partial yellow-gold flower petals in the lower left corner.
Wool embroidery close-up of a large flower with radiating pink and red petals surrounding a raised oval center, worked in dense satin and chain stitches on a natural linen ground, with dark red outline stitching and partial yellow and green elements at the edges.
Wool embroidery on cream linen with two flowering stems: a large blue carnation-like bloom at upper right, a pink daisy-like flower at lower right, and three round red berries at left, with green leaves throughout.
Title
Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française)
Place Made
France
Date Made
textile circa 1750, constructed circa 1760
Medium
Linen plain weave with wool embroidery
Dimensions
a) Dress center back length: 60 in. (152.4 cm); b) Petticoat center front length: 34 1/2 in. (86.96 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dorothy Collins Brown in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary
Accession Number
M.90.83a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.