Evening dress

Madame Marie Callot Gerber, the oldest of the four dressmaking Callot sisters, was friends with French art critic and collector Edmond de Goncourt (1822–1896), who introduced her to Japanese woodblock prints. As a result, she included Eastern elements in some Callot Soeurs designs. The planar, straight silhouette and the shoulder as a main structuring point are based on the kimono’s construction, while the water lily–like pattern in gold and silver and brightly colored embroidery reveals the designer’s reinterpretation of paintings of the same subject by Claude Monet (1840–1926).

On view from October 22, 2022–February 20, 2023