Dress
This is an elaborate evening dress made for a child. It is unusual to see a fully boned and fitted bodice made in this small of a size, possibly for a six to eight year old. It is very possible that the fabric of this dress may have come from a women's dress for a special party.
Artwork Details
- Title:Dress
- Date:ca. 1885
- Culture:American
- Medium:silk
- Credit Line:Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Kate Macon Hoffmaster, 1946
- Object Number:2009.300.3049a, b
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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