Close scrutiny of this underskirt reveals various narrative scenes which are printed on to the cotton material by copper engravings. This red-brown, monochrome design on a light background with the characteristic pattern is known as Toile de Jouy, after a suburb of Paris, Jouy-en-Josas. On the front right of the skirt The Judgement of Paris is portrayed, showing Athene with helmet and spear, the sparsely dressed Aphrodite in seductive pose and Paris with shepherd's staff. Next to this is an image of 'blind-man's-bluff' and two scenes from The Deserted Village, a poem by the Englishman Oliver Goldsmith in 1770. The total circumference of the skirt is 446 cm, which made it a valuable possession. There is space left in the side seams to enable the wearer to keep a purse under the skirt. The blue and white checked lining contrasts considerably with the outer material.
Title
Onderrok
Artist
Dating
1790 - 1800
Material and technique
Object number
7809
Object type
Acquisition
bruikleen 1936
Dimensions
rokhoogte 98 cm
zoomwijdte 446 cm
hoogte 105 cm
breedte 132 cm
diepte 1 cm
Documentation
- Ballade van een katoenslaaf [gedicht], Michael Tedja, (De Gids : nieuwe vaderlandsche letteroefeningen, 184, 1), p. 9
Exhibitions
- Voices of Fashion, Centraal Museum
- Uit de Mode, Centraal Museum
- Munt met een Missie - Willehad Eilers winnaar herdenkingsmunt 50 jaar WNF, Centraal Museum
- Het costuum onzer voorouders 1750-1915, Volksuniversiteit Rotterdam
- Het costuum onzer voorouders 1750-1915, ten bate van de Vereenigingen "Amsterdam I" en "Boddaert-Tehuizen", Restaurant Trianon
- Het costuum onzer voorouders 1750-1915, ten bate van de Provinciale Geldersche Vereeniging tot bestrijding ter Tuberculose, Musis Sacrum
- Het costuum onzer voorouders 1750-1915, ten bate van de Vereeniging Tegemoetkoming In Bijzondere Omstandigheden, Ridderzaal
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