House of Worth — Ball gown — 1885: Fashion History
Explore ball gown (1885) by House of Worth: materials, catalogue facts and collection credit from the Met's Costume Institute.
Ball gown, dated 1885, is an object in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute collection. The catalogue identifies House of Worth as Design House.
Materials and catalogue facts
- Object: Ball gown
- Date: 1885
- Design House: House of Worth
- Maker biography in catalogue: French, 1858–1956
- Culture: French
- Materials: silk
- Object type: Ball gown
- Collection: Costume Institute
- Accession number: 49.3.23a, b
- Accession year: 1948
Other credited contributors
- Designer: Charles Frederick Worth
Collection credit
Gift of Orme Wilson and R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of their mother, Mrs. Caroline Schermerhorn Astor Wilson, 1949
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Open the Met's catalogue entry to inspect the museum's photographs and object record. The accession number 49.3.23a, b identifies this particular collection object. The date and maker attribution above retain the museum's wording, including approximate dates or qualified attributions.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art collection data. This record is marked public domain by the museum; its open-access data and supplied image are available under CC0 1.0.
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