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Court dress
French
about 1830
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk satin, embroidered with metallic threads
Dimensions
Center front: 114.9 cm (45 1/4 in.)
Center back: 125.7 cm (49 1/2 in.)
Costume: 33 x 22 in. (83.8 x 55.9 cm)
Other (Bodice CB): 22.9 cm (9 in.)
Center back: 125.7 cm (49 1/2 in.)
Costume: 33 x 22 in. (83.8 x 55.9 cm)
Other (Bodice CB): 22.9 cm (9 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.1650
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWhite silk satin embroidered with plain and textured flat gilt wire, sprigs overall, flowers and wheat on sleeves and at skirt base, three dimensional flowers and wheat kernels over wire and net foundations. Wide round neckline; welted fiddle back, shoulder seams. Large puff sleeves. Skirt fullness pleated in front, gathered in back. White cotton muslin lining, boning center front bodice seam, eased fullness at side seams. Hook-and-eye closure at back.
ProvenanceElizabeth Day McCormick Collection; 1943, gift to the MFA. (Accession date: November 10, 1943)