"The Costume Institute": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 30, no. 1 (August–September, 1971)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 30 | NUMBER 1

"The Costume Institute"

Cavallo, Adolph S., Elizabeth N. Lawrence, Deedee Moore, John Nevinson, and Stella Mary Newton

1971

50 pages

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Table of contents

About the authors

"Introduction"
Thomas Hoving

"Inspiration and Information"
Deedee Moore

"The Costume Institute"

"Sleuthing at the Seams"
Elizabeth N. Lawrence and Adolph S. Cavallo

"Homage to a Poet"
Stella Mary Newton

"Clothes and the Historian"
John Nevinson

"Fashion Plate"

Met Art in Publication

Dress, silk, British — Dress
ca. 1836

Robe à la française, silk, French — Robe à la française
1750–75

Ball gown, House of Worth French, silk, French — Ball gown
House of Worth
1893–94

Dress, silk, British — Dress
ca. 1750

Robe à l'anglaise, linen, silk, British — Robe à l'anglaise
1725–50

Ensemble, wool, probably Albanian — Ensemble
1800–1939

Suit, silk, French — Suit
1740s

Suit, silk, probably British — Suit
ca. 1770

Coat, silk, probably French — Coat
1775–85

Coat, cotton, probably American — Coat
1898–1900

Dress, cotton, probably American — Dress
1898–1903

Dress, cotton, silk, probably American — Dress
1890–99

Coat, silk, metallic, Greek — Coat
19th century

Coat, silk, European, Eastern — Coat
19th century

Ensemble, wool, metallic, Greek — Ensemble
19th century

Poke bonnet, straw, American — Poke bonnet
ca. 1831

Suit, silk, French — Suit
1760–80

Boots, [no medium available], Italian — Boots
1880s

Ensemble, House of Worth French, (a, b) silk, simulated pearls, rhinestones<br/>(c, d) silk, wood, metal, rhinestones, French — Ensemble
House of Worth
1898–1900

Coatdress, cotton, American — Coatdress
early 1830s

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