Dress
Thought to have been for a boy, this dress is a perfect representation of the style of the period. The fashioning of the jacket, in particular, with the wide pointed lapels, modified leg-of-mutton sleeves, and raised waist at back is very endearing in miniature size. Many women's bodices were made with a faux jacket and vestee effect such as this, but the skirt being attached to the bodice is a modification made for the ease of a child.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dress
- Date: ca. 1895
- Culture: American
- Medium: cotton
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of The Jason and Peggy Westerfield Collection, 1969
- Object Number: 2009.300.932
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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