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Rococo style embraced foreign styles with an inclusive, even rapacious eclecticism, but also with its own propensity to moderation and the small scale. During the period, Ikat, or warp-printed fabric, was modified to meet European taste. Saturated Eastern colors and bold geometrics became muted pastels in smaller floral and striped patterns characterizing many of the designs.
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Title: Dress
Date: 1755–65
Culture: French
Medium: silk
Credit Line: Gift of Fédération de la Soirie, 1950
Accession Number: 50.168.1a, b
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