Costume and Textiles Woman's Dress (Robe à l'anglaise) Made in Spitalfields (silk), London, England, EuropeAssembled in United States, North and Central America Silk: c. 1742-45; Dress: c. 1740-50 Artist/maker unknown, American and English Silk lampasette brocaded with colored silks Currently not on view 1995-98-8 |
Gift of Ronald Schloesser, Kenneth Schloesser, Louis Schloesser, and David Akers in memory of Mildred Schloesser Hobson, 1995LabelThe design of this fabric with large flowers and meandering ribbons is similar in style to those created between 1742 and 1745 by the foremost English silk designer of the eighteenth century, Anna Marie Garthwaite. Garthwaite's dated pattern books from about 1726 to 1756 provide a guide to the dating of surviving English silk fabrics, the designs of which changed seasonally.Social Tags [?]memory should be mildred hobson schloesser [x] she was ron's aunt. [x] [Add Your Own Tags] |
