Negligée

Unknown

ca. 1923 · silk · Costume Institute

This negligee incorporates a public look into an intimate garment. The materials used are extremely delicate and sheer, making it not only feminine but extremely seductive. The inclusion of the Spanish-style fringed silk shawl is significant, for it was all the rage in the early 1920s, making this negligee trend appropriate.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1923

Medium

silk

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 the estate of Valerie Dreyfus, 1957