"Sitting Duck" dress
This dress from the "Flight to Japan" collection pays homage to Japanese artist, Insho Domoto, whom Schnurer met during her travels in Japan. When she asked for his signature in her diary, he drew two ducks. Domoto's signature has been immortalized here in metallic brocade on an orange plain weave cotton ground.
Artwork Details
- Title: "Sitting Duck" dress
- Designer: Carolyn Schnurer (American, born New York, 1908–1998 Palm Beach, Florida)
- Manufacturer: Textile manufactured by Hollander
- Date: 1951
- Culture: American
- Medium: cotton, metal
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Carolyn Schnurer, 1952
- Object Number: 2009.300.154
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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