Afternoon jacket
This jacket shows the standard silhouette of 1895 with the sleeves heavily puffed at the top and a form fitted bodice. The subtle color variations and intricate embroidery emphasize refinement.
Artwork Details
- Title: Afternoon jacket
- Design House: Augustine Martin & Company
- Designer: Augustine Martin (French)
- Date: 1895
- Culture: French
- Medium: silk, jet, beads
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Lillian E. Glenn Peirce and Mabel Glenn Cooper, 1929
- Object Number: 2009.300.68
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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