House of Worth — Mantle — early 1890s: Fashion History
Explore mantle (early 1890s) by House of Worth: materials, catalogue facts and collection credit from the Met's Costume Institute.
Mantle, dated early 1890s, 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: Mantle
- Date: early 1890s
- Design House: House of Worth
- Maker biography in catalogue: French, 1858–1956
- Culture: French
- Materials: silk, sequins
- Object type: Mantle
- Collection: Costume Institute
- Accession number: 49.3.16
- Accession year: 1949
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 49.3.16 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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