Woman's Day Ensemble: Dress and Jacket

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Woman's Day Ensemble: Dress and Jacket

c. 1913

Rondeau Legrand & Cie

The influence of Marie-Antoinette-era attire and the neoclassical look of the Directoire style was evident in women's fashions immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I in 1914. This interest in the late eighteenth century was, in part, a response to recently republished memoirs of Marie-Antoinette's milliner, Rose Bertin. The fashions for spring 1913 also borrowed features from Directoire menswear such as this cutaway jacket that reveals a waistcoat-the fronts of which attach to the jacket itself-with simulated embroidery. The coat's pattern recalls elaborately patterned eighteenth-century quilted petticoats. The draped skirt narrowing toward the ankle represents a modification of the hobble skirt introduced in 1910. The prominent dressmaking house Rondeau Legrand was known for being both stylish and reasonably priced.

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Object Details

Title:

Woman's Day Ensemble: Dress and Jacket

Date:

c. 1913

Artist:

Rondeau Legrand & Cie

Medium:

Dress: wool, embroidered chiffon; Jacket: silk matelassé, silk cord braid and tassel, embroidered silk ottoman

Dimensions:

Dress (Center Back Length): 61 inches (154.9 cm) Dress (Waist): 24 inches (61 cm) Jacket (Center Back Length): 28 inches (71.1 cm)

Classification:

Costume (including accessories)

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Allan Hutchings, 1967

Accession Number:

1967-101-8a,b

Geography:

Made in Paris, France, Europe

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