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Gown: Roller-printed cotton dress with oversized elephant sleeves; white cotton textile with woven stripe roller-printed with abstract "micro-organism" motif in purple, blue, green and red; bateau, off-the-shoulder neckline with slight "V" at center front; cream ribbon with net/satin woven stripes form bows at center front, shoulders, and center back neckline; self-piping at neckline; ruched decorative panel across bust and back in "V" shape; self-fabric tabs cross ruched panel at regular intervals (seven inches front, five inches back, one at each shoulder); oversized long-sleeves with tiny cartridge pleats at dropped shoulder seam; fullness throughout sleeves, drooping over wide cuffs; sleeves cut in three pieces with two triangular panels seamed on underside; cuffs are pointed on outer top edge with self-piping on top, hem, and outer seam; cream bow at top of cuff; single hook-and-eye closure at inner wrist; center front and side seams; one and one-half inch waist band; tightly gathered skirt comes just below ankle; skirt of four panels with scalloped edge extending from seam at each side of front; center back hook-and-eye closure to waist; self-piping edging slit at skirt; cotton lining in bodice.
Label: none
Date: c. 1831

Boots: (A/B) Pair purple silk twill side-lacing booties with (C/D) original purple silk laces.
(A/B) Pair ankle boots with purple silk twill; toe cap of self-fabric with seam across vamp; center front and center back seam; vertical slit at inner side flanked by two rows of small eyelets; purple silk tongue at interior slit; leather sole with small heel; inner lining and insole of undyed cotton canvas.
(C/D) Purple silk ribbon laces with metal cylinders at ends.
Label: "Talons [illeg.]\ Mme Hassan\ HC[illeg.]" handwritten in ink on (B) left shoe upper lining.
Date: 1825-1845

Details

  • Title: Day Gown Detail
  • Date Created: 1829/1833
  • Location Created: Gown: Great Britain or United States Boots: France
  • Physical Dimensions: Gown CB: 49 ½″ Boots L: 9″
  • Provenance: Gown and Boots: Museum Purchase
  • Type: Gown, Boots
  • Photographer: Brian Sanderson
  • Rights: © FIDM Museum & Library, Inc. Image made available for limited non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, or for fair use as defined in the United States copyright laws. Users must cite the author and source of the image as they would material from any printed work, and the citations should include the URL “www.fidmmuseum.org”. For publication or press requests, visit http://www.fidmmuseum.org/about/rights-and-reproductions/ or email imagerights@FIDMmuseum.org.
  • Medium: Gown: Roller-printed twill-striped cotton muslin and novelty silk ribbon Boots: Silk twill, cotton canvas and leather
  • Object ID: Gown: 2010.5.1 Boots: 2009.5.78A-D
  • Bibliographic References: Kevin L. Jones and Christina M Johnson. FABULOUS! Ten Years of FIDM Museum Acquisitions, 2000-2010. Los Angeles: FIDM Museum Publications, 2010.

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