Evening dress

House of Worth

1898–1900 · silk, cotton · Costume Institute

By the 1890s, Worth was using large-sized ornament and was increasing simplifying his silhouette. He created this dress by separating zones of monumental schematic roses with highly stylized bands of rose leaves and sprigs. Worth's rose thus became graphic design, neither botany nor keepsake. The rose's popularity reached an apogee in 1899 with the formation of the American Rose Society.

Artist

House of Worth

Date

1898–1900

Medium

silk, cotton

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Miss Eva Drexel Dahlgren, 1976