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Woman's summer side-saddle riding habit

Early 20th century
Medium/Techniquesilk faille
DimensionsCenter front (jacket): 64 cm (25 3/16 in.)
Center back (jacket): 80 cm (31 1/2 in.)
Length (skirt): 99.1 cm (39 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by the Fashion Council
Accession number2018.2311.1-2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBy 2018, August Auctions, Bellows Falls, VT; 2018, sold by August Auctions to the MFA. (Accession date: September 26, 2018)
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Cristóbal Balenciaga
1949
Group shot: 50.803a-b
Charles Frederick Worth
about 1880
Group shot: 2006.2137.1-3
F. C. Rüprich
about 1910
late 19th century
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1790–1810
Group shot: 2003.287.1-2
Jean-Philippe Worth
about 1902
a-c
Mme. Roger
about 1865
Stomacher
mid-18th century
about 1895
Dinner dress
about 1840