Overdress of a robe en fourreau. Attributed to Marie-Jean "Rose" Bertin (French couturière, 1747-1813). France. 1780's, altered in 1870's. Embroidered satin with ribbon appliqués, sequins, faceted glass stones mounted on silver facings, and silver filé; fitted, boned bodice. 925.18.3.A.
Overdress of a robe en fourreau. Attributed to Marie-Jean "Rose" Bertin (French couturière, 1747-1813). France. 1780's, altered in 1870's. Embroidered satin with ribbon appliqués, sequins, faceted glass stones mounted on silver facings, and silver filé; fitted, boned bodice. 925.18.3.A.
Fellowship Year: 2001
Project Title: From the Tuileries to Toronto: A Late 18th Century French Court Dress in the Royal Ontario Museum
From the Tuileries to Toronto: A Late 18th Century French Court Dress in the Royal Ontario Museum
One of the treasures of the ROM’s Textiles and Costume collection is a dress and matching underskirt attributed to Marie-Jeanne “Rose” Bertin, marchande de modes to Marie-Antoinette and other illustrious ladies of the court of Louis XVI. During her fellowship, Dr. Chrisman-Campbell studied the dress and its matching underskirt .Her research involved a complete survey of the dress, including its social context, its construction and embroidery, the alterations made to it, its provenance, and its more recent history. Her research on this dress formed part of her doctoral dissertation, a biography of Bertin entitled: “Minister of Fashion: Marie-Jean ‘Rose’ Bertin, 1747-1813.”
About the Fellow:
At the time of her fellowship, Dr. Chrisman-Campbell was a PhD candidate in Art History at the University of Aberdeen. Dr. Chrisman-Campbell had previously attended the Courtauld Institute of Art for her MA in History of Dress, studying under Dr. Aileen Ribeiro. Currently, Dr. Chrisman-Campbell is a freelance Art Historian and Curator, specializing in European fashion and textiles and French and British painting and decorative arts of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries.
At the time of her fellowship, Dr. Chrisman-Campbell was a PhD candidate in Art History at the University of Aberdeen. Dr. Chrisman-Campbell had previously attended the Courtauld Institute of Art for her MA in History of Dress, studying under Dr. Aileen Ribeiro. Currently, Dr. Chrisman-Campbell is a freelance Art Historian and Curator, specializing in European fashion and textiles and French and British painting and decorative arts of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries.
Related Publications: Rotunda winter 2002/2003 “Designing Woman” (as Chrisman-Campbell) 12-16 “Dressy Origins: Was the ROM’s Gown Made by Rose Bertin?” 17-19
2008: “Another upcoming event is the display of this 1780s French court dress, said to have been made for Marie Antoinette by Rose Bertin, in the Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles &; Costume from October 11th to the 26th as part of our Out of the Vaults campaign. This is our little nod to Toronto Fashion Week! This dress, you may remember, was studied and published by our 2001 research fellow Kimberly Chrisman.”
“Rose Bertin, Fashion and the Reign of Marie Antoinette: an Interview with Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell.” Interview on Dressed: The History of Fashion podcast. 24 April 2018. https://www.dressedpodcast.com/podcasts/rose-bertin-fashion-and-the-reig...
“Dressy Origins: Was the ROM’s Gown Made by Rose Bertin?” 1 Rotunda winter 2002/2003 7-19
Rotunda winter 2002/2003 “Designing Woman” (as Chrisman-Campbell) 12-16 “Dressy Origins: Was the ROM’s Gown Made by Rose Bertin?” 17-19
2008: “Another upcoming event is the display of this 1780s French court dress, said to have been made for Marie Antoinette by Rose Bertin, in the Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles &; Costume from October 11th to the 26th as part of our Out of the Vaults campaign. This is our little nod to Toronto Fashion Week! This dress, you may remember, was studied and published by our 2001 research fellow Kimberly Chrisman.”
“Rose Bertin, Fashion and the Reign of Marie Antoinette: an Interview with Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell.” Interview on Dressed: The History of Fashion podcast. 24 April 2018. https://www.dressedpodcast.com/podcasts/rose-bertin-fashion-and-the-reig...
“Dressy Origins: Was the ROM’s Gown Made by Rose Bertin?” 1 Rotunda winter 2002/2003 7-19
