Jabot

Hannis & Jenkins

ca. 1900 · cotton, silk · Costume Institute

Featured is an excellent example of women's wear inspired by menswear, which began in the 1890s and continued to grow in popularity. The more feminine jabot is replaced with a masculine four-in-hand tie. Also, the choice of fabrics alludes to men’s formalwear vests.

Artist

Hannis & Jenkins

Date

ca. 1900

Medium

cotton, silk

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the estate of Sarah B. Russell, 1956