Detail View: The AMICA Library: Ball gown
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.46.25.1a-d
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Costume and Jewelry
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Creator Name:
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Worth, Charles Frederick
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Creator Nationality:
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European; British; English
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Creator Role:
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Designer
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Creator Dates/Places:
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English, 1826 - 1895
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Designed by Charles Frederick Worth
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Title:
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Ball gown
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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ca. 1872
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Creation Start Date:
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1870
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Creation End Date:
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1874
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Materials and Techniques:
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silk
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Classification Term:
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Main dress-Womenswear
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Dimensions:
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(a,b) L. at center back 55 in. (140 cm); (d) L. at side seam 23 in. (58.5 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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46.25.1a-d
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Mrs. Philip K. Rhinelander, 1946
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Rights:
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Context:
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Worth rarely scrutinized or adapted forms from the East; in this unusual example, he has emulated Middle Eastern enamels. More often, he was an instrument of a Western taste that was projected globally via imperialism. He is said to have created 250 dresses on commission from Empress Eugénie for her appearances at the opening of the Suez Canal in 1868. This gown was worn by Mrs. William De Forest Manice, the donor's grandmother, at both the French and English courts during the reigns of Napoleon III and Queen Victoria. When worn on such occasions, the dress had a detachable brocade train, since destroyed. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.ci.46.25.1a-d.R.tif
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