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Day dress
French
about 1830–50
Object Place: Provence(?), France
Medium/Technique
Printed cotton
Dimensions
82 cm (32 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.610b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionPrinted cotton with Indian-style floral motifs on white ground. Jacket-bodice: open front (no closures), fiddle back, waist jacket pleat center back,; full-length sleeves, fullness gathered in shoulder seams; plain wide round neckline; lined with coarse cotton. Skirt: gathered waistband with drawstring closure at back; band of red resist-dyed cotton lining base.