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Dress (grande robe à la française)
Not on view
This splendid dress is believed to have been worn by the wife of a successful cotton-printing entrepreneur (Christophe Philippe Oberkampf of Jouy-en-Josas, near Versailles) for a visit with Marie Antoinette. The silk brocade fabric, made in Lyon, shows a complex weave structure with a fanciful pattern of multicolored bouquets and motifs that mimic tufts of fur. The original V-shaped chest piece (or stomacher) has not survived, but may have resembled the one here.
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