Dressing jacket

Unknown

1915 · silk, cotton · Costume Institute

The cut of this dressing jacket is very minimal, similar to some traditional folk garments. Additionally, the shape of the jacket shows the interest in such forms that Paul Poiret and Madeline Vionnet were presenting during that time. It is a very beautiful example of machine-made lace, which is clearly an imitation of the flat Flemish handmade laces.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1915

Medium

silk, cotton

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. Robert Walmsley, Jr., 1962