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Dress and petticoat (robe a la francaise)
French
about 1770
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk cannelle patterned with weft floats and brocaded with silk thread
Dimensions
Costume (bodice): 11 in. (28 cm)
Length (dress): 152.4 cm (60 in.)
Center back (dress): 152.4 cm (60 in.)
Center back (skirt): 91 cm (35 13/16 in.)
Length (stomacher): 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.)
Length (dress): 152.4 cm (60 in.)
Center back (dress): 152.4 cm (60 in.)
Center back (skirt): 91 cm (35 13/16 in.)
Length (stomacher): 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.1643a-c
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWhite silk rep brocaded with polychrome silk in scrolling floral sprays and baskets; trim of silk thread tied in rosette bows. Overdress: trimmed, pleated panels along front line; short, fitted sleeves with trimmed, double asymmetrical dagged ruffles; sack (Watteau) back; wide flat panier accomodating skirt with slits off hip line; linen liner gathered with tapes at back. Underskirt (matching except white brocaded floral silk at upper rear): fullness controlled by draw tapes at far sides, two small pleats at front; two horizontal bands of trimmed box pleats at front base; cotton or linen and silk linings at base. Stomacher with horizontal bands of trim, cotton lining.
ProvenanceThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection; Gift to the MFA, Boston, 1943