P78.3.2

Images (7)

RetroSpective_01 Left to right 81.36.1 and 2004.24.2 (shoes case), 78.11.79 (textile wall), P78.3.2 (dress), 80.30.42B (textile wall), 84.125.3 (evening dress), 83.172.8 (textile wall), P94.9.2 (black dress), 2009.35.1 (dress)

RetroSpective_21 Left to right P80.5.7 (coat and vest), 2007.54.2 (ensemble), 78.11.79 (textile wall), 2013.3.1 and 2013.3.2 and 83.208.2 (shoes and buckles case), 81.36.1 and 2004.24.2 (shoes case), P78.3.2 (dress), 80.30.42B (textile wall), 84.125.3 (evening dress), 83.172.8 (textile wall), P94.9.2 (black dress), 2009.35.1 (dress hidden)

RetroSpective_23 Left to right P78.3.2 (dress), 80.30.42B (textile wall), 84.125.3 (evening dress)

Unraveled_41 Left to right 2003.86.1 (shoes), P78.3.2 (dress), 68.144.14 (corset)

Unraveled_06 Left to right 2003.86.1 (shoes), P78.3.2 (dress), 68.144.14 (corset), 2006.13.1 (green dress), 86.157.9 (shawl wall), P82.5.3 (cape dress), 92.18.1 (dress)

Object: Dress

Brand: Spitalfields, England

Date: c. 1765

Medium: Silk damask

Country: England

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Object number: P78.3.2

Descriptionpale pink silk damask dress, open robe à l'anglaise, fitted bodice with open front stomacher needed, gathered, pinked, scalloped trim around neckline to waist and cuffs, fitted elbow length sleeves, full cartridge pleated skirt.

Label Text:Eighteenth-century fabrics were costly and cherished commodities. Lengths of dress cloth were cut into as little as possible, so that they could be unstitched and refashioned as new styles. The silhouette of this gown dates to circa 1765, but its fabric was woven about 30 years earlier in Spitalfields, a prominent silk weaving center in England.

Exhibitions:

Food and Fashion
Fashion Unraveled
RetroSpective