COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.26.250.1ab
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Name-CRT:
American
Title:
Walking dress
Title Type:
Object name
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
ca. 1838
Creation Start Date:
1836
Creation End Date:
1840
Materials and Techniques:
silk
Classification Term:
Main dress-Womenswear
Dimensions:
(a) L. at center back 55 1/2 in. (141 cm);(b) W. 27 in. (68.5 cm), L. 30 1/2 in. (77.5 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
26.250.1ab
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James Sullivan, in memory of Mrs. Luman Reed, 1926
Context:
The 1830s silhouette was created by a corseted, raised waistline; here a bell-shaped skirt reveals the lower ankle. By the late 1830s, the gigot sleeve was collapsing at the sleeve cap, but in this case, its detachable pelerine, or capelet, sustained the broad triangulated shoulder line of the period.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ci26.250.1ab.R.tif
Walking dress
