Detail View: The AMICA Library: Morning dress (robe à la français and petticoat)

AMICA ID: 
BMFA.43.647a-b
AMICA Library Year: 
1999
Object Type: 
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Name: 
Unknown
Creator Dates/Places: 
France
Creator Name-CRT: 
unidentified artist/maker
Title: 
Morning dress (robe à la français and petticoat)
View: 
Full view
Creation Date: 
ca. 1740 (with later alterations)
Creation Start Date: 
1730
Creation End Date: 
1750
Materials and Techniques: 
Naturalistic style; floral and fruit designs brocaded with polychrome silk threads on brown silk satin and lisere ground; trimmed with ruching; non-period accessories: fichu (neckerchief), engageantes
Classification Term: 
Costume
Dimensions: 
L (robe, center back): 154.0 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Owner Location: 
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
ID Number: 
43.647a-b
Credit Line: 
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
BMFA.167-4.tif