Dress

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A robe à la piémontaise is a variant of the basic robe à la française, except that the rear pleats, instead of being attached, float freely from the neckline to the center back. The style is named after a princess of the House of Savoy who wore a gown of this type in Lyons in 1755. Another rare example of this style is in the Rocamora Collection, Barcelona.

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.

Metropolitan Museum of Art