Trained visiting dress in three parts
About 1865
Medium/Techniquesilk plain weave (taffeta), brocaded; silk satin; silk fringe
DimensionsCenter front (dress): 116.8 cm (46 in.)
Center back (dress): 161.3 cm (63 1/2 in.)
Center front (capelet): 33 cm (13 in.)
Center back (capelet): 37.1 cm (14 5/8 in.)
Center back (sash): 47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
Center back (dress): 161.3 cm (63 1/2 in.)
Center front (capelet): 33 cm (13 in.)
Center back (capelet): 37.1 cm (14 5/8 in.)
Center back (sash): 47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by the Fashion Council
Accession number2018.2310.1-3
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
Collections
ProvenanceBy 2018, August Auctions, Bellows Falls, VT; 2018, sold by August Auctions to the MFA. (Accession date: September 26, 2018)
About 1830
mid-19th century
about 1870
about 1856–58
about 1770
about 1770
about 1770
