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White dress a l’empire (front)

1820/1879

National Museum of Denmark

National Museum of Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark

The dress is made of white mull decorated with yellow leaves. Such thin fabrics were considered quite revealing and leading the wearer to ‘dress in French and freeze in Danish’. This dress was inspired by classical Greece and Rome.

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  • Title: White dress a l’empire (front)
  • Date Created: 1820/1879
  • Provenance: The dress supposedly belonged to Hedvig Marie West, née Schumacher (1805-79).
  • Type: Dress
  • Original Source: National Museum of Denmark
  • Rights: National Museum of Denmark
  • Medium: Mull
National Museum of Denmark

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