Ensemble
This ensemble was made by the donor in 1888. At the time of the donation in 1928, Mrs. Shimn was a resident of New York City. The embroidery motifs and piecing appear to be in the Eastern European folk tradition; however the blouse is constructed in the fashionable style of the 1880s.
Artwork Details
- Title: Ensemble
- Designer: Mrs. Samuel Shimn
- Date: 1888
- Culture: American
- Medium: cotton, linen, silk
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Samuel Shimn, 1928
- Object Number: 2009.300.2690a, b
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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