Evening dress

Marguerite

ca. 1915 · silk, fur · Costume Institute

This evening dress reflects the transitional period around 1915 when dressmaking included a mix of materials. Here chiffon, fur and velvet are used. The silhouette shows the popular pannier shape of the time. Although a variety of textiles were employed, the design is less complex than the embellished work of the Belle Époque.

Artist

Marguerite

Date

ca. 1915

Medium

silk, fur

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. Henry Beale Spelman and Mrs. John Taylor Arm in memory of their mother, Mrs. Henry Frothingham Noyes, 1942