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Dress (Mantua) with Train
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| Caption | On her wedding day in 1759 Helena Slicher wore this gown with a skirt no less than two-metres wide! The skirt is supported by large panniers, side hoops around the hips. Unusually, this dress combines two different types of court dress. The bodice with a ‘tail’ follows the English court dress, a mantua, while the loose train was popular primarily on the Continent. (Please check the folder for additional details.). Origin: ? France. Date: 1759. Object ID: BK-1978-247-C. |
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| Creator | unknown |
| Artwork medium | embroidery (silk) |
| Credit | Rijksmuseum |
| Terms of use | Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0) |
| Search stock images by keyword | Dress Mantua Train costumes and accessories |
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| YR0023725 | 3,000 x 2,288 pixels | 302 |
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