Designed
by Charles Frederick Worth, English (active in France), about 1825–1895
Designed for House of Worth
Purple silk faille day bodice trimmed with black and cream net lace; center front made of white silk faille with supplementary warp pattern with buttons. Label: "Worth and Bobergh, 7 rue de la Paix, Paris"
Woman's dress in five parts (day bodice)
French
France, (Paris), about 1870
Silk plain weave (faille); lace
Overall: CB: 59.7 cm (23 1/2 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Gift of Lois Adams Goldstone 2002.696.3
Photograph courtesy of MFA, Boston
Designed by Charles Frederick Worth, English
(active in France), about 1825–1895
Designed for House of Worth
Purple silk faille evening bodice trimmed with cream and black net lace attached to the skirt.
Woman's dress in five parts (evening bodice)
French
France, (Paris), about 1870
Silk plain weave (faille); lace
Overall: CB: 22.9 cm (9 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Gift of Lois Adams Goldstone 2002.696.2
Photograph courtesy of MFA, Boston