Purple satin gown fragment
Date1780-1800
Medium/TechniqueSilk
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/8 in. × 11 in. (28.26 cm × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Lyttleton B. P. Gould, Jr., M. Chapin Krech, Dr. Shepard Krech, Alvin W. Krech, Peter Chapin, Charles Chapin, and Mrs. Charles Merrill Chapin III, in memory of Esther Maria Lewis Chapin, 1986
Object numberW-2980
DescriptionThis piece of deep purple silk is woven in a 4/1 satin weave with S-spun yarns.
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1718-1730
1780-1799
1780-1799
1780-1800
1750-1760
1770-1800
1770-1800
c. 1785-1795
1770-1800