Dress
Brand
Spitalfields, England
c. 1765
Silk damask
Museum purchase
Object numberP78.3.2
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.
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.Exhibitions