Crinoline Promenade Dress In Cotton Chiffon And Religious Pleats Circa 1855

Circa 1855 France or Europe Precious round crinoline promenade dress in white cotton muslin or organdi dating from the beginning of the Second Empire. Dress with puffed sleeves, crew neck with folded pleats and closed in the back with small pass mother-of-pearl buttons. Very beautiful handmade creation of finely openwork bather pleats and religious pleats on the skirt, the bodice and the bottom of the sleeves tightened at the wrists. Pilgrim collar with integrated plastron and remarkable assembly of the waist in tiny rows of organ pipes, ancestor of smocks. This type of summer dress is visible in the iconography of Impressionist Painting. Dress cleaned, clean, immaculately white and flawless. Excellent state of conservation. Dimensions: Equivalent France size 36. Height 133 cm, shoulders 39 cm, sleeves 62 cm, chest 92 cm, waist 69 cm, skirt height 101 cm, skirt bottom 320 cm. Dress presented at the exhibition "Carnet de bal, la mode de Marie-Antoinette à l'Empératrice Eugénie 1780-1880" - Draguignan from February 3 to April 19, 2023.