Afternoon jacket

Augustine Martin & Company|Augustine Martin

1895 · silk, jet, beads · Costume Institute

This jacket shows the standard silhouette of 1895 with the sleeves heavily puffed at the top and a form fitted bodice. The subtle color variations and intricate embroidery emphasize refinement.

Artist

Augustine Martin & Company|Augustine Martin

Date

1895

Medium

silk, jet, beads

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 Lillian E. Glenn Peirce and Mabel Glenn Cooper, 1929