Detail View: The AMICA Library: Robe a l'Anglaise
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.CI66.39ab
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Costume and Jewelry
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Name-CRT:
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French
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Title:
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Robe a l'Anglaise
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1785 - 1787
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Creation Start Date:
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1785
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Creation End Date:
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1787
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Materials and Techniques:
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silk
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Classification Term:
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Main dress-Womenswear
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Dimensions:
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(a) L. at center back 59 1/2 in. (151.1 cm); (b) L. at center back 37 in. (94 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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CI 66.39ab
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Credit Line:
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Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1966
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Rights:
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Context:
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In eighteenth-century dress, the torso was encased by layers of quilted linen and boning that constitute an exaggerated exoskeleton. An inevitable consequence of this redefinition of the torso is an emphasis on the hip and bustline. By mid-century, especially in France, the style was for the bust, veiled by lace or a sheer mull fichu, to emerge above the top line of the bodice. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.ci.66.39ab.R.tif
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