Skirt from a Court Gown

France

Date

1805-15

Medium

Silk, satin weave; embroidered with gold metal-wrapped over a silk fibre core, gold frisé, silk, gold metal formed ornaments, "purl," spangles, gold metal strips; couching over paper core and silk padding, in pattern and backstitch; trimmed with bobbin lace made of gold metal strip wound around a silk fibre core

Dimensions

117.4 × 214.4 cm (46 1/4 × 84 1/2 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Gift of Constance Rothschild Morris