Negligée

Unknown

ca. 1910 · silk · Costume Institute

Perhaps what is most interesting about this negligee is the printed design, which shows a move away from the highly decorative, ornate and organic aesthetic of Art Nouveau towards the angularity that was part of the Art Deco aesthetic. The swastika motif seen here was a sign of well being used in various cultures, prior to Hitler's appropriation of it.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1910

Medium

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 Mrs. Hollis K. Thayer, 1957