Evening dress
Worth's black roses suggest the melancholy and wistful world of poets Charles Baudelaire and Algernon Charles Swinburne. While less innovative than his famous father--who is known for establishing the standards and practices of the haute couture--Jean Philippe Worth nonetheless was technically proficient and, in this example, demonstrates that he knew the dramatic reading of a textile in black and white.
Artwork Details
- Title: Evening dress
- Design House: House of Worth (French, 1858–1956)
- Date: 1898–1900
- Culture: French
- Medium: silk, cotton, glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Miss Eva Drexel Dahlgren, 1976
- Object Number: 1976.258.2a, b
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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House of Worth
1897–1900
Multiple artists/makers
1930–40
House of Worth
Charles Frederick Worth
ca. 1890
Multiple artists/makers
1890–98
House of Worth
Charles Frederick Worth
ca. 1889
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