Woman's dress in two parts (skirt)

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.

Provenance

The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection, to MFA 1943

Credit Line

The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection

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
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