mimicofmodes:met-costume:Evening dress, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Costume InstitutePurchase, Irene
mimicofmodes:met-costume:Evening dress, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Costume InstitutePurchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, Alice L. Crowley Bequest and Various Donors by Exchange, 1992Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYMedium: silkhttp://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/93880I would love to see this early 1850s evening dress on a mannequin!It’s not the same dress, but here’s a very similar one on a mannequin!Embroidered black tulle evening gown, c. 1855-1860. Sold by Christies -- source link
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