The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Evening dress

Date:: ca. 1890
Culture:: American
Medium:: silk, linen
Dimensions:: Length at CB (a): 46 in. (116.8 cm) Length at CB (b): 20 1/4 in. (51.4 cm)
Credit Line:: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. James Dowd Lester, 1942
Accession Number:: 2009.300.3030a, b

This artwork is not on display

Description

Herbert Luey was a significant dressmaker working in Brooklyn when downtown Brooklyn was a popular shopping destination. The complexity of the construction attests to his competence as a dressmaker.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: Woven into petersham: "H. Luey/Brooklyn"
See also
Who
Herbert Luey (2)
What
Costume (41,678)

Silk (32,922)

Linen (7,486)

Dresses (5,294)

Evening dresses (1,670)
Where
North and Central America (81,404)

United States (78,109)
When
A.D. 1800-1900 (80,185)
In the Museum
Costume Institute (34,166)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The United States and Canada, 1800–1900 A.D.