Dress (Robe à la Française)

Date:1730–40

Culture:European

Medium:silk, metal

This is an extraordinary example of weaving incorporating silver metallic threads in a very distinctive design. This textile was identified as an identical match to the textile of a gown worn to a Russian Imperial wedding in the in the 1730s. 

Women with coquettish airs were imposing in robes à la française and robes à l’anglaise 

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