Robe à la Française [Dress and Petticoat]

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Robe à la Française [Dress and Petticoat]
Date1765–1780
MediumSilk brocade with silver floss and fluting
DimensionsDress (bodice and skirt): 65 3/4 × 118 7/8 in. (167 × 302 cm)
Credit LineGift of Cecily E. Horton
Object number2022.115
Not on view

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ProvenancePrivate collection, Paris; [Villa Rosemaine, Toulon, France]; Cecily E. Horton, 2022; MFAH, 2022.
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