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Image

Unknown Maker, Italian

Woman's Shift or Underdress,

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Italian

Title

Woman's Shift or Underdress

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Hand-spun,
  • hand-woven linen plain weave with cotton embroidery and cotton lace; pieced and mended

Techniques

  • Hand-spun,
  • hand-woven linen plain weave with cotton embroidery and cotton lace; pieced and mended

Dimensions

Center back length: 96.5 cm (38 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

red monogram "LS" [front center panel, below bib]

Type

  • Costume

Credit

Gift of Falcone Previti Family

Object Number

2014.57.5

About

Woman's Shift or Underdress

Art Aperitif

Repair
Read Online

red monogram "LS" [front center panel, below bib]

Projects & Publications

Publications

Art Aperitif

Repair
Read Online

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Repair and Design Futures

October 5, 2018 - June 30, 2019

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Woman's Shift or Underdress with the accession number of 2014.57.5. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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