Dress
French, ca. 1770s

Ivory, light blue, and purple striped silk dress brocaded with ivory thread.
The skirt of the open robe is draped à la polonaise.

The stomacher displayed with this dress is a reproduction.

Transferred from the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio,
R.T. Miller Jr. Fund, 1948 (KSUM 1995.17.61ab)

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Shown With:

Bobbin Lace Border, Valenciennes-style, Continous Lace
France, Valenciennes (Binche?), 2nd quarter of the 18th century

White linen with minute work.

Gift of the Rogers/Silverman Collection
(KSUM 1983.1.1727)

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Engageantes (Sleeve Ruffles)
German, Saxony, mid-18th century

Whitework on white linen.

Gift of the Rogers/Silverman Collection
(KSUM 1983.1.1318ab)