Dress (altered Robe a la Francaise)
About 1765–75
Object PlaceEngland?
Medium/TechniqueLouis XVI Style (fabric was woven and embroidered in China for the Western market); meandering flowers embroidered with polychrome silk threads on cream silk satin background, trimmed with ruchina
DimensionsCB: 187 cm (73 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Prince Serge Belosselsky
Accession number1970.338a
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
Collections
mid-18th century
mid-18th century
about 1740, with later alterations
mid-18th century
1860–80
about 1858
