Ensemble
Details
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- Medium
- silk
- Origin
- American or European
- Department
- Costume Institute
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift of James R. Creel IV and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Creel, 1992
Art Genome Taxonomy
7 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Fashion Design and Wearable Art Both · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the work as an ensemble in the Costume Institute, and the image shows a coordinated outfit including a dress, bonnet, gloves, and additional accessories.
Subject Matter
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Related to Fashion Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the object as an ensemble, while the image directly presents a complete historical outfit with coordinated dress elements and accessories.
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 99%
Floral motifs, repeated horizontal green stripes, decorative bands, and tiered trim recur across the bodice, sleeves, and skirt.
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 98%
The ensemble combines patterned textile, lace collar and cuffs, ribbons, layered ruffles, dark edging, a decorated bonnet, gloves, and a tasselled accessory.
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Symmetrical Visual · 90%
The frontal display produces a largely symmetrical arrangement, with balanced sleeves and a centered bodice opening above the broad skirt.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the ensemble to circa 1855, within the nineteenth century.
Textiles
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Use of Fabric Both · 99%
The museum lists silk as the medium, and the image visibly shows an extensive fabric-based construction of bodice, sleeves, skirt, bonnet, ribbons, and gloves.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Ensemble. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.