Robe a l'anglaise (overdress)
about 1780
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave (taffeta) warp printed (chine)
Credit LineJohn Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund, Frank M. and Mary T.B. Ferrin Fund, Ernest Kahn Fund, Arthur Mason Knapp Fund, and John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number2017.491.1-2
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ProvenanceAbout 1980s, acquired by a private collector, Paris; about 2016, sold by private collector to Villa Rosemaine, Toulon, France; 2017, sold by Villa Rosemaine to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 19, 2017)
about 1883
about 1770
1850s
about 1859–61
about 1770
about 1770