Dress
Unknown
1853–56 · wool, silk · Costume Institute
By mid-century, the emphasis of the fashionable silhouette settled on the ever increasing circumference of the skirt. A swelling bell shape was achieved through multiple layers of stiff petticoats. In addition, sophisticated border-patterned textiles were produced for tiered flounces designed with the express purpose of creating the effect of even greater volume.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1853–56
- Medium
- wool, silk
- Culture
- European
- Department
- Costume Institute
- Credit line
- Gift of Lee Simonson, 1938
