Evening coat
Rita de Acosta Lydig (1880-1929), a noted beauty and style icon of the early twentieth century, owned this garment. A great admirer and collector of lace, de Acosta Lydig's garments and accessories often incorporated insertions or trims of antique lace, sometimes taken from her own collection. De Acosta Lydig favored dramatic and slightly idiosyncratic styles in dressing, including dhoti-style culottes, and long, unfitted garments that emphasized the panels of lace trim rather than the body of of the woman who wore them, such as this example.
Artwork Details
- Title: Evening coat
- Design House: Attributed to Callot Soeurs (French, active 1895–1937)
- Designer: Attributed to Marie Callot Gerber (French, 1857–1927)
- Date: ca. 1910
- Culture: French
- Medium: silk, linen
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mercedes de Acosta, 1954
- Object Number: 2009.300.1204
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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