Dressing gown

Unknown

ca. 1925 · silk · Costume Institute

The highlight of this dressing gown is its quintessential geometric Art Deco patterning, so popular at the time. Overall, it has a very luxurious and expensive look and feel. This robe would have been worn at home in place of a man's jacket when informally receiving friends.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1925

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 Harold l. Frank, 1980