Dress

Unknown

ca. 1855 · wool, silk · Costume Institute

This well-made dress has a distinctly militaristic appearance. More specifically, it refers to the decorative front of the Hussar uniforms, but is at the same time a very feminine dress. The military influence, especially in the second half of the nineteenth century in women's dress is very prominent.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1855

Medium

wool, 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 Miss F. P. Weiss, 1948