Evening coat

Callot Soeurs|Madame Marie Gerber

ca. 1910 · silk, linen · Costume Institute

Rita de Acosta Lydig (1880-1929), a noted beauty and style icon of the early twentieth century, owned this garment. A great admirer and collector of lace, de Acosta Lydig's garments and accessories often incorporated insertions or trims of antique lace, sometimes taken from her own collection. De Acosta Lydig favored dramatic and slightly idiosyncratic styles in dressing, including dhoti-style culottes, and long, unfitted garments that emphasized the panels of lace trim rather than the body of of the woman who wore them, such as this example.

Artist

Callot Soeurs|Madame Marie Gerber

Date

ca. 1910

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 Mercedes de Acosta, 1954