Dress
Unknown
1860–65 · silk, mother-of-pearl · Costume Institute
Military-style decoration was recapitulated in civilian clothing, as seen in the front closure, shoulders, and cuffs of the bodice of this dress, although the actual decoration is here deliberately feminized. What might have been bullion fringe becomes delicate mother-of-pearl spangles.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1860–65
- Medium
- silk, mother-of-pearl
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Costume Institute
- Credit line
- Gift of Mary Pierrepont Beckwith, 1969
