Dress panels

Unknown

possibly 1775–78 · Silk · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Originally from costumes reputed to have been worn by Maria Redman of Philadelphia in 1778 at the Ball of the Mischianza Fête. Mischianza, an entertainment given in Philadelphia, May 18, 1778, during the War of the Revolution, by officers of the British Army, in honor of Sir William Howe, at the country home of Thomas Wharton.

Artist

Unknown

Date

possibly 1775–78

Medium

Silk

Culture

probably British, London, Spitalfields

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1935