Dress
The fullest merger of old and new is represented in this dress. The form of the surrounding robe is open, and even the neckline could seem to be decades earlier. But the textile design has been subdued, and the lighter taffeta robe is paired with a white petticoat for an effect that resembles neoclassicism emerging from the chrysalis of the ancien régime.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dress
- Date: 1790s
- Culture: American
- Medium: silk
- Credit Line: Purchase, The Coby Foundation Ltd. Gift, 1998
- Object Number: 1998.269
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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