Evening dress

Lord & Taylor

1900–1902 · silk, linen · Costume Institute

Lord & Taylor, like many New York City department stores in the late-19th and early-20th century, had on-site workrooms where they could produce custom garments. This evening dress, with its notable contrast of refined cutwork lace on the bodice and net lace of the skirt, is a good example of the type of work produced by the store.

Artist

Lord & Taylor

Date

1900–1902

Medium

silk, linen

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 Caroline A. Ward, 1959