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Eighteenth-Century European Dress

October 1, 2003

By Oriole Cullen

Dress of the eighteenth century is not without anachronisms and exoticisms of its own, but that singular, changing, revolutionizing century has become an icon in the history of fashion.
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20th-Century Art: A Resource for Educators

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Reconciling Repairs on Cross River Dance Crests

December 6, 2024

By Katherine McFarlin

A team of conservators and scientists have been investigating a selection of West African dance crests that will soon be on display.
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Renaissance Fashion and Dress Codes

March 5, 2012

By Evelin

Teen Advisory Group Member Evelin writes about dress codes in fifteenth-century Italy.
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The 20th Century Photography Monograph Celebrated in Metropolitan Museum Exhibition

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(Im)mortal Fashion: Iris van Herpen’s “Skeleton” Dress

April 10, 2020

By Sarah Scaturro

This 3-D–printed nylon dress challenges the standard conservation approaches deployed by Costume Institute conservators in the preservation of fashion.
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Patterns of the Past: Medieval Islamic Textiles in the 20th Century

February 25, 2016

By Sylvia Houghteling

Art History Fellow Sylvia Houghteling explores three Islamic textiles from the Museum's collection now on view in the exhibition Transformed: Medieval Syrian and Iranian Art in the Early 20th Century.
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Where, In What Form, Shall We Meet Again: On 20th-Century Art in Korea

September 20, 2024
Join scholar Joan Kee to follow the unexpected twists and turns of Korean art from the end of the 19th century until 1970.
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An Evening with Cecily Brown

June 25, 2023

By Adam Eaker

Join artist Cecily Brown and Met curator Adam Eaker for a conversation about Brown’s engagement with art history, influences from The Met collection, and her own singular artistic practice.
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Eighteenth-Century Silhouette and Support

October 1, 2004

By Jessica Glasscock

Although the iconic silhouette of the eighteenth century is that of the rectangularly panniered, conically corseted court dress, a simpler line of dress launched the era.
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Dress

Date: ca. 1872
Accession Number: 2003.426a, b

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François Delpech's Print Shop

Carle (Antoine Charles Horace) Vernet (French, Bordeaux 1758–1836 Paris)

Date: ca. 1820
Accession Number: 1977.614.25

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Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Emile-Charles (1875–1895)

Auguste Renoir (French, Limoges 1841–1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer)

Date: 1878
Accession Number: 07.122

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Great Women Artists

Three painters radically reenvision the role of women artists around the time of the French Revolution.

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Evening dress

Jacques Fath (French, 1912–1954)

Date: spring/summer 1947
Accession Number: 1993.55

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Evening dress

House of Patou (French, founded 1914)

Date: spring/summer 1987
Accession Number: 1994.278

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Evening dress

Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs) (French, Paris 1903–1993 Var region)

Date: 1958
Accession Number: 1973.104.2a, b

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Evening dress

Date: 1804–5
Accession Number: 1983.6.1

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Evening dress

Weeks (French)

Date: ca. 1911
Accession Number: C.I.57.17.3

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Evening dress

Callot Soeurs (French, active 1895–1937)

Date: 1915–16
Accession Number: C.I.51.97.1a, b