Gown
Date1760-1770
OriginEngland
MediumSilk damask, trimmed with ribbon; bodice and sleeves lined with tabby linen.
DimensionsOL: 53 1/2" Selvage width: 21 3/4" Waist approx. 23" without stomacher.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1960-714,1
DescriptionWoman's gown of pale blue-green silk damask in a design of asymmetrical semi-naturalistic flowers, buds and leaves with decorative scrolls. Gown has fitted bodice open for stomacher, trimmed down to ends of extended robings with ruched and undulating ribbon. Fitted sleeves end in double graduated ruffles at elbows. Skirt open in front for petticoat (missing), with pleats all turned toward front; pocket slits set forward of sides. Fitted back with sewn-down pleats (English back or robe a l'anglaise). Bodice and sleeves lined with white tabby linen.Mannequin dressed with antique accessories 1960-715, 1985-125, 1985-127, 1-2.
ProvenanceEx. Coll: Doris Langley Moore.
ca. 1745, with later alterations
1770-1780
1750-1765
1750-1765
1730s; gown remodeled ca. 1750
1765-1775
Ca. 1780
Textile ca. 1740; gown 1770-1776
1760-1770 (textile); remade late 19th century
1740-1750
ca. 1740; remodeled ca. 1750
ca. 1760