Evening dress

House of Worth

1898–1900 · silk, cotton, glass · Costume Institute

Worth's black roses suggest the melancholy and wistful world of poets Charles Baudelaire and Algernon Charles Swinburne. While less innovative than his famous father--who is known for establishing the standards and practices of the haute couture--Jean Philippe Worth nonetheless was technically proficient and, in this example, demonstrates that he knew the dramatic reading of a textile in black and white.

Artist

House of Worth

Date

1898–1900

Medium

silk, cotton, glass

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Miss Eva Drexel Dahlgren, 1976