Cocktail dress

Henri Bendel|Henri Bendel

ca. 1926 · silk · Costume Institute

The geometric Art Deco pattern on this cocktail dress is created by using the different fabric sides. A good example of the work produced at Henri Bendel at the time, it was probably created in the store's custom salon, possibly by Bendel, himself. The eponymous store was founded in New York City in 1895.

Artist

Henri Bendel|Henri Bendel

Date

ca. 1926

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 Henri Bendel - New York, 1999