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Visiting dress

Maison Pingat

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The visiting dress is a long, formal dress. The dress has a brown jacket with a ruffled collar and gold trim around the edges. There is a large bow at the front, tied at the waist. The jacket sleeves are long and have tassels at the ends. The dress underneath the jacket is gold colored with many horizontal rows of ruffles on the skirt. The dress is displayed on a headless white mannequin with white hands. The background is light gray.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1872
Medium
silk
Culture
French
Dimensions
381 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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