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AFTERNOON DRESS

AFTERNOON DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.6.1-4

Artist: Stephane (Designer)

Date: 1903-1904

This gown, with its high neck and longer sleeves, would have been appropriate for afternoon calling and garden parties.

EVENING DRESS

EVENING DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.76

Artist: Robert Piguet (Designer)

Date: 1933-1937

Asymmetrical, bias cut evening gown of copper colored satin. Garment has one large pleated, puffed sleeve and a 1" transparent shoulder strap on right to which a tulle panel is attached and...

EVENING DRESS

EVENING DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.77

Artist: Robert Piguet (Designer)

Date: 1933-1937

Asymmetrical, bias cut evening gown of ivory colored satin with one large pleated, puffed sleeve. The remains of a shoulder strap are visible on right, to which a tulle panel was probably...

EVENING DRESS

EVENING DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.78

Artist: Callot Soeurs (Designer)

Date: 1930-1935

Marjorie Merriweather Post's daughter, Eleanor Post Close (1909-2007), wore this gown for her marriage to Etienne Marie Robert Gautier in Paris on April 4, 1933.

VISITING DRESS WITH JACKET

VISITING DRESS WITH JACKET

Cat. no.: 48.9.1-3

Artist: Au Bon Marché (Retailer)

Date: 1908-1911

This late Edwardian style dress is made of peach colored silk linen and has a high lace collar and matching jacket. The dress is decorated with silk taffeta rope cording, covered wooden buttons,...

EVENING BAG

EVENING BAG

Cat. no.: 49.4

Artist: Cartier (Firm)

Date: 1946

A circular pattern of tiny seed pearls radiates from a design of tiny diamonds at the center of this bag. The frame of the bag is platinum set with diamonds, and the clasp closes with two small...

NIGHT (LA NUIT)

NIGHT (LA NUIT)

Cat. no.: 51.12

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (Artist)

Date: 1883

In the late nineteenth century, Bouguereau ranked among the most highly acclaimed artists in Paris. But with the radical development of impressionism, his style quickly fell out of favor. It was...

YOUNG GIRL IN WHITE DRESS, MEDITATION (MÉDITATION)

YOUNG GIRL IN WHITE DRESS, MEDITATION (MÉDITATION)

Cat. no.: 51.125

Artist: Léon Jean Basile Perrault (Painter)

Date: 1881

Portrait of a teenage girl in a white dress seated on a stonewall outdoors. Her feet are bare. She wears a thin band in her hair, and stares full face out of the painting. Her dress is classical...

PORTRAIT OF A LADY

PORTRAIT OF A LADY

Cat. no.: 51.2

Artist: Hyacinthe Rigaud (Attributed to)

Date: c. 1710

Portrait of lady seen almost full length and seated on a chair facing forward. She wears a white and gold brocade dress with buttons in pearls. The dress is edged with lace at the neckline and...

PORTRAIT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED SEATED WOMAN IN "TURKISH" COSTUME

PORTRAIT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED SEATED WOMAN IN "TURKISH" COSTUME

Cat. no.: 51.3

Artist: Louis Michel van Loo (Artist)

Date: 1758

Portrait of a lady seen nearly full-length and seated on a sofa over which is thrown a blue cloak with a gold border. The lady has her gray hair dressed high and with a curl over each shoulder....

PORTRAIT OF THE DUCHESS OF PARMA AND HER DAUGHTER ISABELLE

PORTRAIT OF THE DUCHESS OF PARMA AND HER DAUGHTER ISABELLE

Cat. no.: 51.4

Artist: Jean-Marc Nattier (Painter)

Date: 1750

Jean-Marc Nattier succeeded as a fashionable portrait painter by naturally posing his sitters within a formal baroque composition. These skills helped the artist to obtain several commissions for...

PORTRAIT OF HENRIETTE, DUCHESS OF ORLÉANS, AS HEBE

PORTRAIT OF HENRIETTE, DUCHESS OF ORLÉANS, AS HEBE

Cat. no.: 51.5

Artist: Dubois (Painter)

Date: 1790

Bust sized portrait of a woman dressed up as Hebe. She wears roses in her hair and has a low-cut white dress. Over each shoulder is a garland of flowers that falls across the front of her dress.

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