Evening belt

Unknown

1930–39 · leather, metal · Costume Institute

The design of this belt renders an off-beat, hand-wrought, non-fashion sensibility, which is an aspect of the wearer's, Millicent Rogers, style. The application of the wide metal foil and beads required a great deal of handwork which renders this a unique object. Additionally, the metal beads appear to be handmade as they differ in size and shape.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1930–39

Medium

leather, metal

Culture

Unknown

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 1955