English: Woman's Robe à la française, England, circa 1765. Silk plain weave (faille) with silk and metallic-thread supplementary-weft patterning (lamella or strip, fillé, and frisé), trimmed with metallic lace.
Date
circa 1765
date QS:P571,+1765-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: Silk plain weave (faille) with silk and metallic-thread (silver) supplementary-weft patterning, and metallic lace.
Dimensions
Petticoat center back length: 35 in. (88.9 cm); Robe center back length: 54 1/4 in. (137.795 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne
References
Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700 - 1915, Sharon Sadako Takeda and Kaye Durland Spilker, Prestel USA (2010), ISBN9783791350622
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