Dress

Unknown

ca. 1820 · silk · Costume Institute

There are indications that the dress was remade from an earlier costume (late 18th century). The implicit luxury of the chiné silk and the small repeat in the neo-classical taste allowed the textile’s persistence into new dress forms.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1820

Medium

silk

Culture

British

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1971