Dinner dress

1894–96

Not on view

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.

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Title: Dinner dress
Design House: Jeanne Hallée (French, 1870–1924)
Date: 1894–96
Culture: French
Medium: cotton, silk, metal
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
Object Number: 2009.300.374a, b
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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