Dress and chemisette

c. 1845-1855

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, United States

Dress, late 1840s. Possibly French. Silk.
Chemisette, c. 1845-55. American. Cotton muslin with machine-made linen bobbin lace. This Rococo Revival dress is an imitation of an eighteenth-century dress called an “open robe,” in which the skirt is open to reveal a decorative or matching petticoat.

Details

Title: Dress and chemisette
Date Created: c. 1845-1855
Location Created: France, United States
Provenance: Dress- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection, 44.142 Chemisette- Historic Northampton, Northampton, Massachusetts, 51.52
Type: Costume
Original Source: Dress- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection, 44.142 Chemisette- Historic Northampton, Northampton, Massachusetts, 51.52
Rights: © 2016 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Medium: Silk, cotton muslin, lace
Date end: 1855

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