Evening dress

Rouff

ca. 1895 · silk, metal · Costume Institute

This is a clear example of the love for reinterpreting the 18th-century aesthetic which prevailed in the Belle Époque, evoking the grandeur and romanticism of the period. This evening dress bodice precisely references the fine embroidered men's waistcoats of the period, but with very delicate and feminine motifs evoking the style of Rococo weaver Philippe de Lasalle (1723-1804).

Artist

Rouff

Date

ca. 1895

Medium

silk, metal

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 Mrs. William E. S. Griswold, 1941