Woman's dress in two parts (skirt)
- French, about 1785–90
- France
- Dimensions
- skirt CB: 100 cm (39 3/8 in.)
- Medium or Technique
- Silk satin, braid trim
- Classification
- Costumes
- Accession Number
- 43.703b
- Not on view
Mon–Tue:10 am–4:45 pm;
Wed–Fri: 10 am–9:45 pm;
Sat–Sun: 10 am–4:45 pm
Scarlet and yellow striped silk satin. Waist length fitted jacket: square neckline; plain front cross-over panels with 2 horizontal tabs; full-length fitted sleeves slit at wrists; back fullness fitted above to knife pleats below natural waistline, ruffle edging rounded at front; pink cream silk cording at edges; yellow linen lining. Skirt knife pleated front and sides to mustard tape waistband; drawstrings at sides; deep ruffle at base.
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection, to MFA 1943
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
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