Negligée

Unknown

ca. 1935 · silk, linen · Costume Institute

The overall effect of this negligee is luxurious, feminine and seductive. Made of the finest silk, the work entailed in applying the lace to the slippery silk and carefully cutting it away would have been labor-intensive and therefore extremely costly. The result is a romantic creation to be worn in the privacy of the home.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1935

Medium

silk, linen

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 1954