Dress

Unknown

ca. 1885 · silk · Costume Institute

This is an elaborate evening dress made for a child. It is unusual to see a fully boned and fitted bodice made in this small of a size, possibly for a six to eight year old. It is very possible that the fabric of this dress may have come from a women's dress for a special party.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1885

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 Kate Macon Hoffmaster, 1946