Dress

Clothes for Women

Inventory number
2019.8.5.6.CW.DR.C1740.XX
Description
A brocaded ivory silk and silver thread robe a l'Anglaise, the silk 1740s, but the construction heavily modified, woven with large carnation sprays and buds.
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Materials
Silk
Silver thread
Origin
circa 1740

Exhibitions History
• 2014.09.04–2019.08.04. ‘Three Centuries of fashion. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2020.01.21–2021.01.21. ‘Aristocracy at the Helm of Fashion. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania.