Ball gown

House of Worth|Charles Frederick Worth

1885 · silk · Costume Institute

The influence of French botanical painter Pierre Joseph RedoutŽ's faithful depictions of roses with thorny stems can be seen in this Worth gown, which applies a similar pictorial precision in brittle metallic on silk.

Artist

House of Worth|Charles Frederick Worth

Date

1885

Medium

silk

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Orme Wilson and R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of their mother, Mrs. Caroline Schermerhorn Astor Wilson, 1949