Fragment of a Woman's Skirt Flounce

Art Institute of Chicago

Fragment of a Woman's Skirt Flounce

Probably FranceLinkedCulture matchlcp-456d95b5ef50

Date
c. 1850
Medium
Silk, warp-faced pattern woven to shape, on plain weave foundation
Culture
France
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
196538

During the middle of the 1800s, European and American women’s fashion favored voluminous bell-shaped skirts worn with matching, tightly fitted bodices, which helped make the wearer’s waist appear slender in comparison to the full skirt below. Such skirts were often decorated with several tiers of gathered flounces that added volume to the already wide garments.

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Credit line
Gift of Helen D. Adams
Provenance
Helen D. Adams, Chicago, by 1957 [incoming receipt RX2139, Feb. 14, 1957; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago.

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