Dress in two parts (dress)

Dress and matching petticoat of blue and rose changeable, heavily ribbed silk; English back, with slight train; low cut neck trimmed with contemporary brocaded silk gauze ruffle; elbow length sleeves; dress closes in front of bodice; front lower edge of bodice trimmed with three tabs on each side; full, plain petticoat. Note: ruffle on underskirt is a reconstruction.

Credit Line

Samuel Putnam Avery Fund

Dress in two parts (dress)

  • English or French, about 1790
England or France
Dimensions
Center front: 149 cm (58 11/16 in.)
Medium or Technique
Silk
Classification
Costumes
Accession Number
52.113a
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