The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dinner dress

Date:: 1894–96
Culture:: French
Medium:: cotton, silk, metal
Dimensions:: Length at CB (a): 19 in. (48.3 cm) Length at CB (b): 46 in. (116.8 cm)
Credit Line:: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Daniel M. McKeon and Robert Hoguet, Jr., 1965
Accession Number:: 2009.300.374a, b

This artwork is not on display

Description

This dress captures the exuberance of the 1890s, especially in the lively polka dots and fanciful sleeve treatment. Jeanne Hallée was an important dressmaker at the time and extant examples of her designs are fairly rare.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: Label: "Jeanne Hallee/3, Rue Ville l'Eveque/Paris"
See also
Who
Jeanne Hallée (25)
What
Metal (59,364)

Costume (41,678)

Silk (32,922)

Cotton (11,987)

Dresses (5,294)
Where
Europe (148,586)

France (52,276)
When
A.D. 1800-1900 (80,185)
In the Museum
Costume Institute (34,166)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
France, 1800–1900 A.D.