Dress

Unknown

ca. 1908 · cotton · Costume Institute

Featured here is a very elaborate girl's dress due to the great amount of detail which is quite typical of the Belle Époque period. The lace band has been manipulated into various ruffles, swags, sleeves and insertions, while the ribbon is manipulated skillfully into rosettes. This is an extremely refined and very opulent piece for a young girl.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1908

Medium

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 Louise Gross, 1986