Robe à la française
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- silk
- Origin
- French
- Department
- Costume Institute
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1954
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Fashion Design and Wearable Art Both · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the object as a Robe à la française, and the image clearly shows an eighteenth-century gown displayed as a wearable garment.
Subject Matter
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Related to Fashion Both · 98%
The catalog identifies the object as a robe, while the image shows a dress with a fitted bodice, sleeves, full skirt, and decorative cuffs.
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 98%
The cream-colored ground is covered with repeated floral sprigs distributed between vertical bands.
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Striped Visual · 99%
Multiple narrow green bands run vertically through the bodice and skirt, with horizontal banding across the sleeves and cuffs.
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 91%
Floral decoration, contrasting bands, gathered neckline details, and layered flounced cuffs produce a visibly elaborate surface and silhouette.
Time Periods
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18th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the garment to 1750–75.
Geographic Regions
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French Art Metadata · 96%
The catalog records the place of origin as French.
Textiles
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Use of Fabric Metadata · 96%
The catalog identifies silk as the medium; the image also visibly shows a constructed textile garment.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Robe à la française. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.