Dress
Dresses for Christening ceremonies or other times of public display were elaborate affairs. This infant’s dress is a particularly beautiful example with fine embroidery and detail work, such as the pintucking at the bodice. It is unusual to have a non-washable fabric, such as silk, as the lining for a child's dress, which shows the wearer was a member of a prominent family.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dress
- Date: 1840–60
- Culture: French
- Medium: cotton, silk
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; GIft of the Pierrepont Family, 1941
- Object Number: 2009.300.660a, b
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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