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A skirt
French
early 19th century
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Mull, embroidery
Dimensions
107 cm (42 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
John Wheelock Eliot Fund
Accession Number49.17
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionA skirt of white mull (now cream colored), embroidered with polychrome silks largely in herringbone stitch, in design of slender serpentine stems bearing variety of small-scale blossoms and fruit with small-scale flower filled baskets and ribbon-tied bouquets in interspaces; no waistband.