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Dress

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Long brown dress on a mannequin. Square off-the-shoulder neckline. Puffy sleeves gathered at the top. Fitted waist. Wrinkled velvet texture on the dress. Decorative geometric metallic pattern on the bottom fifth of the dress. Mannequin has no head or feet; hands are placed on the waist.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
silk
Culture:
British
Dimensions:
345 × 625 px
Museum record:
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