Dress
Clothes for Women
2020.2.9.5.CW.DR.C1910.FR
Author
House of Worth (French, 1858-1956, 1999-)Description
Dress coat in the style of the 18th century French made in a silk broché. The Art Nouveau foliage patterns unfolding at strategic points of the garment such as the traine or the bodice.Fashion for 18th century clothing was back in fashion early 20th century in a style called "Versaille revival", which followed on from the historizing style of the late 19th century and the fashionable "Marie Antoinette style" in the middle of the 19th century under the influence of the French empress Eugénie.
Materials
SilkLace