Dress

Unknown

ca. 1850 · cotton · Costume Institute

The combination of charming fabrics used to contruct this dress is very eye-catching. The use of two contrasting fabrics could simply have been a design decision made by the maker, or chosen because of a shortage of fabric. Either way, the overall look is pleasing. The openness of the sleeve is very fashionable for the period and would have been appropriate for a young girl.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1850

Medium

cotton

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 The Jason and Peggy Westerfield Collection, 1969