Dress (Robe à l’anglaise)
Artist/maker unknown, American
Geography:
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
Silk: c. 1772-73; Dress: c. 1783Medium:
Silk satin and tobine (cannelé) stripes brocaded with colored silksDimensions:
Center back length: 55 1/2 inches (141 cm) Waist: 25 inches (63.5 cm)Curatorial Department:
Costume and TextilesObject Location:
1933-62-1a,bCredit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Catherine E. Dallett Smith and Mrs. Judith J. Dallet Budd, 1933
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
Silk: c. 1772-73; Dress: c. 1783Medium:
Silk satin and tobine (cannelé) stripes brocaded with colored silksDimensions:
Center back length: 55 1/2 inches (141 cm) Waist: 25 inches (63.5 cm)Curatorial Department:
Costume and TextilesObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1933-62-1a,bCredit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Catherine E. Dallett Smith and Mrs. Judith J. Dallet Budd, 1933
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This dress is ascribed to the trousseau of Rachel Bolitho (1765-?). Rachel was the daughter of Captain John Bolitho, a shipmaster who had come to America from Cornwall, England, in about 1741. This silk was likely woven by the London Spitalfields firm Batchelor, Ham and Perigal in about 1772-73.
