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Dress in two parts (bodice, skirt)
Image Not Available for Dress in two parts (bodice, skirt)

Dress in two parts (bodice, skirt)

Charles Frederick Worth (English (active in France), about 1825–1895)
about 1888
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueSilk warp-printed plain weave (faille) and silk plain weave (crepe)
DimensionsBodice: Center back: 72 cm (28 3/8 in.)
Skirt: Center back: 179 cm (70 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Susan Miller Jackson
Accession number2010.995.1-2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceAround 1884, purchased in Paris by Edith Allen Forster; by inheritance to her daughter Dorothy Forster Miller; in 1969, by inheritance to her daughter Susan Miller Jackson; gift of Susan Jackson to MFA (Accession date: December 15, 2010)
Conservation Status: After Treatment; Group shot: 2002.696.1 and 2002.696.3
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