Evening dress

Unknown

ca. 1922 · silk, beads, metal · Costume Institute

The evening dress featured here is of great interest due to its fascinating beadwork. The combination of coral bugle beads, gold lamé and coral velvet trim is stunning and shows the great workmanship required to create such a piece. The design has an overall folkloric feel, often seen in decorative patterns from the twenties.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1922

Medium

silk, beads, metal

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Frederick H. Prince, Jr., 1967