Evening dress

Callot Soeurs

1909–10 · silk · Costume Institute

Indicative of the Directoire Revival around 1910 with raised waist and columnar body, this gown suggests historical acuity. Its textile opulence speaks, however, more directly of its own era with hints of exoticism and with the rich textile combinations and complications of the early twentieth century.

Artist

Callot Soeurs

Date

1909–10

Medium

silk

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Miss Agnes Miles Carpenter, 1940