Cocktail dress

Department Store Henri Bendel
Designer Attributed to Henri Bendel American
ca. 1926
Not on view
The geometric Art Deco pattern on this cocktail dress is created by using the different fabric sides. A good example of the work produced at Henri Bendel at the time, it was probably created in the store's custom salon, possibly by Bendel, himself. The eponymous store was founded in New York City in 1895.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cocktail dress
  • Department Store: Henri Bendel (American, founded 1895)
  • Designer: Attributed to Henri Bendel (American, 1868–1936)
  • Date: ca. 1926
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: silk
  • Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Henri Bendel - New York, 1999
  • Object Number: 2009.300.603
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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