Open robe, sack back dress
- Description
- This silk satin brocade dress is known as a sack-back because the fabric at the back hangs loosely from the pleats at the neckline. The front is open to reveal the matching petticoat and the stomacher.
- Accession Loan No.
- 26/1960/9/1
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Common Name
- open robe, sack back dress
- Simple Name
- dress
- Full Name
- open robe, sack back dress
- Dimensions
- waist 600 mm; shoulder width 320 mm; centre back length 1410 mm; hip (panier) width 770 mm; hem circumference 3380 mm
- Period Classification
- George II (1727-1760)
- Production Date
- c 1750
- Production Year Low
- 1750
- Production Year High
- 1760
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Family Group
- Material
- silk (satin brocade); canvas
