Anne Bissonnette, Curator
Kent State University Museum

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All 18th Century Garments are Currently Featured on This Page

Open robe and petticoat
England, ca.1750
Silk broacde with metallic supplementary thread fabric de-assemble in its 1770s style and brought back to its 1750 silhouette by Jean L. Druesedow and Kristina Hill in 2005-2006.
Kent State University Museum, Silverman/Rodgers Collection,
  
Reproduction stomacker.
Digitally reproduced section of missing fabric.

Link to exhibition:
Sleuthing at the Seams a 1750s Blue and Silver Dress
Alumni Gallery, October 6, 2006, to May 13, 2007
Jean L. Druesedow, Curator

Taupe Quilted Petticoat
Europe or America, ca.1760-79
Silk exterior quilted to a light blue linen interior with a layer of fine
wool batting in between. Worn as informal day wear.
Kent State University Museum, Silverman/Rodgers Collection,
KSUM 1983.1.2158
  
Worn with:
Caraco Jacket (Short Bodice)
England, ca.1740s
Ivory silk brocade with floral and vine designs.
The bodice was worn as informal day wear and originallymight have been styled
as a robe à la française. Bodice and sleeves lined with natural linen. Possibly
used to clothe an altar figure. The once-unseen back is made of linen.
Kent State University Museum, Silverman/Rodgers Collection,
KSUM 1983.1.6

Robe à la française, England or France, circa 1760s-1770s.
Yellow silk taffetas with matching petticoat. Fly fringe decoration on dress and petticoat. Installation stomacher.
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
KSUM 1983.1.8ab

Light Blue Silk Brocade Bodice and Petticoat
Europe, textile from ca. 1762-1763
Transferred from the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. Helen Clark Ward Costume Collection, R.T. Miller, Jr. Fund, 1948, 48.158ab.
KSUM 1995.17.65

Reproduction stomacher, ribbon and lace

Robe à la française, England, circa 1765.
White silk moiré brocaded with sprays of multicolored flowers, ground woven with another floral motif in supplemental wefts
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
KSUM 1983.1.24abc

Shown with:
Strip of Flemish bobbin lace, Binche, early 18th century
The Silverman/Rodgers Collection, 1983.1.1727 (lace);

Engageantes (sleeve ruffles) of cotton white work
The Silverman/Rodgers Collection, 1983.1.1318ab

For more information, see
Flora and Fashion: Gardens Become Us!
(http://dept.kent.edu/museum/exhibit/flora/1760.html)

Robe à la francaise with attached stomacher and reproduction petticoat, Possibly from England or France, c.1760s-70s.
Irridescent silk decorated with self fabric robings trimmed and passementerie. For more information on how the petticoat fabric was digitally reproduced, click on underlined words to see inter-disciplinary projects.
Kent State University Museum
Collection of the Allen Art Museum, Oberlin College
KSUM L1995.17.59 (dress)

Robe à l'anglaise, petticoat and stomacher, France, circa 1770s.
Dress of ivory, light blue and purple brocaded silk. Stomacher of blue silk with metal thread embroidery.
Kent State University Museum
Collection of the Allen Art Museum, Oberlin,
R.T. Miller Jr. Fund, 1948.
KSUM L1995.17.61ab (dress and petticoat)
KSUM 1983.1.1511 (stomacher), Rodgers/Silverman Collection

Light Yellow Robe à l'anglaise (Dress) and Matching Petticoat, England, ca.1770s.
Silk brocade with floral design. Probably altered from a mid 18th century robe à la française and restyled as a robe à l'anglaise with pleats at center back stitched down at the waist. Worn as formal day or evening wear. Petticoat has digitally reproduced side sections in order to display the dress in draped style. For more information on how the petticoat fabric was digitally reproduced, click on underlined words to see inter-disciplinary projects.
Bodice and sleeves lined with natural linen.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
Dress: KSUM 1983.1.9ab

Purple Robe à l'anglaise (Dress), England, ca.1780s.
Iridescent silk with green woven stripes, brocaded floral sprigs and dots, self-fabric trim and skirt draped à la polonaise. Worn as informal wear. Bodice and sleeves lined with natural linen.
Gift of Ross Trump, KSUM 1995.68.1
Shown with reproduction shoes.

Green Quilted Petticoat, Mid 18th century
Satin exterior, layer of fine wool batting and natural linen interior.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection, KSUM 1983.1.4

Ivory Robe à l'anglaise (Dress) and Matching Petticoat, England, ca.1770-90.
Silk brocade woven with vertical stripes and small floral design. Open robe cut away from center front to reveal underbodice, both trimmed with self-fabric robings. Worn as formal day or evening
wear. Bodice and sleeves lined with natural linen.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
KSUM 1983.1.10ab

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