Blue silk lampas with white floral motifs. Overdress: loose fitting bodice and full skirt; short fitted sleeves with gathered asymmetrical cuffs; sack (Watteau) back; worn over trimmed corset. Petticoat fullness knife pleated into blue linen waistband except at front. Blue linen partial linings.
Provenance
By 1930, purchased in Marseille, France by Elizabeth Day McCormick (1873 - 1957), Chicago; 1943, gift of McCormick to the MFA. (Accession date: October 14, 1943)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Dress and petticoat
French, about 1730
France
Dimensions
Center back (Overdress): 152.5 cm (60 1/16 in.)
Center back (Petticoat): 97 cm (38 3/16 in.)
