Evening dress
Drecoll was a major Parisian house during the early 20th century. This dress reflects an interest in historicism; the empire style and embroidery evoke the neoclassical fashions of the Napoleonic era.
Artwork Details
- Title: Evening dress
- Design House: House of Drecoll (French, 1902–1931)
- Designer: Marguerite de Wagner (Belgian)
- Date: 1910
- Culture: French
- Medium: silk, rhinestones
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Roderick Tower, 1961
- Object Number: 2009.300.2500
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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