COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
MMA_.1977.304.1
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MMA_.1977.304.1
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
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Costume and Jewelry
Object Type
false
Creator Nationality:
European; French
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European; French
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
French
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French
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Afternoon dress
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Afternoon dress
Title
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Title Type:
Object name
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Object name
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
false
Creation Date:
ca. 1855
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ca. 1855
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1853
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1853
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1857
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1857
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
cotton
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cotton
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Main dress-Womenswear
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Main dress-Womenswear
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
L. at center back 58 3/4 in. (149 cm)
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L. at center back 58 3/4 in. (149 cm)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1977.304.1
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1977.304.1
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
Gift of University of Virginia Drama Department, 1977
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Gift of University of Virginia Drama Department, 1977
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>
Rights
false
Context:
Nineteenth-century gauze dresses incorporate the romance of the buta motif in fabrics that bear no relation to the original Kashmiri wools. In the West, the paisley-wool ligature becomes dissociated, chiefly because of paisley's extraordinary popularity: it becomes a design motif for all seasons. By the twentieth century, paisley in the West comes to be associated was much with silk and cotton -- notably in home furnishings and men's neckties -- as with wool.
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<P>Nineteenth-century gauze dresses incorporate the romance of the buta motif in fabrics that bear no relation to the original Kashmiri wools. In the West, the paisley-wool ligature becomes dissociated, chiefly because of paisley's extraordinary popularity: it becomes a design motif for all seasons. By the twentieth century, paisley in the West comes to be associated was much with silk and cotton -- notably in home furnishings and men's neckties -- as with wool.</P>
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ci1977.304.1.R.tif
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MMA_.ci1977.304.1.R.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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