Detail View: The AMICA Library: Round gown
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1979.20a-f
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Costume and Jewelry
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Italian
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Naples, Italy
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Italian (Naples)
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Title:
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Round gown
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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ca. 1795
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Creation Start Date:
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1793
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Creation End Date:
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1797
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Materials and Techniques:
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silk, linen
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Classification Term:
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Main dress-Womenswear
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Dimensions:
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L. at center back 57 1/2 in. (146 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1979.20a-f
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Credit Line:
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Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1979
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Rights:
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Context:
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By the 1790s, the structure of clothing was undergoing dramatic change. This afternoon dress in the form of a round gown steadfastly keeps up appearances and can pass for eighteenth-century opulence, especially in its colors and textile richness. But the high-waisted dress, spencer, corset, and separate sleeves constitute a new anatomy, one that anticipates the century to come. This shape would be renewed in the 1880s and 1890s, as one fin de siècle recapitulated the preceeding fin de siècle. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.ci1979.20a-f.R.tif
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