Evening jacket

Unknown

1930–39 · silk · Costume Institute

This evening jacket is special because of its inventive use of shaping and gathering. The design takes full advantage of the draping qualities of panne velvet, using artful shirring and tucking techniques. The overall silhouette maintains the fluid 1930s styles.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1930–39

Medium

silk

Culture

probably French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Adelaide Goan, 1955