Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1956.147 a-c
- Date:
- 1822
- Description:
- Dress. Ball gown worn by Countess Rumford; pale yellow silk chiffon with bright yellow satin trim, including separate belt, Empire style; short puffed sleeves; two pleated ruffles at skirt bottom and a padded yellow satin hem, slight train. Number tag has "stained dress" written on it.
A. Gown
B. Belt
C. Extra long sleeves - Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- L-51 inches
- Provenance:
- Worn at a ball given by Countess Rumford at her residence (fashionable boarding house, "Baths of Tivoli") in Paris, 1822. The extra sleeves were "to be basted in for less formal occaisions".
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Marion A. Elkins
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