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In March of 1836 the Berliner Modenspiegel wrote: “Now the last dubious question is decided: the adjoining sleeves have carried off the victory … The ladies save with the materials, the men gain more space, be it at the table or at the theatre, and the geese are no longer pitilessly robbed of their down in order to form Gigots from them and pile them on our shoulders”. Mutton sleeves became outdated almost over night. This delicately printed summer dress shows the new line. The sleeves are attached on top with small fabric frills, they become a bit wider at the elbow end in a small cuff. The dress is a single piece and the bodice, with its wide, oval neckline, fastens with hook and eyes at the back. The wide skirt, laid in the finest of folds, begins beneath this. The straight edged waist has nearly risen to its natural position. The neckline is covered in a fichu with incorporated neckline from the same material as the dress. Its edges are trimmed with pleated and corded tucks and it is lined in wool.

Details

  • Title: Women's Dress with Fichu
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date: 1836/37
  • Stylistic point of origin: England/France
  • Rights: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Stephan Klonk │ Text © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Christine Waidenschlager
  • Provenance: 2003 Kamer/Ruf collection; 1996 Phillips, London, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
  • Length: Fl./bl. 134, fichu: 70 x 80 cm
  • ISIL no.: DE-MUS-018417
  • Type: Dress
  • External Link: http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/kunstgewerbemuseum/home.html
  • Medium: Plain weave white cotton, printed muslin; lining: white linen, white wool, metal

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