Dress

Dress

Unknown artist

Details

Origin
French
Department
Costume Institute
Holding institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 2003

Art Genome Taxonomy

7 tags

Artistic Disciplines

  • The catalog classifies the object as a dress, and the image clearly shows a complete structured garment displayed on a mannequin.

Visual Qualities

  • Patterns Visual · 99%

    Small repeated pink floral motifs with green and brown stems are distributed across the bodice, sleeves, and skirt.

  • Pastel Colors Visual · 93%

    The garment is predominantly white or cream, with pale pink flowers and muted green and brown botanical details.

  • Highly Ornamented Visual · 96%

    The dress combines an all-over floral surface with numerous gathered flounces, ruffles, and narrow decorative edging.

Time Periods

  • 19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog dates the dress to circa 1872, placing it in the nineteenth century.

Materials

  • Porcelain Metadata · 90%

    Porcelain is explicitly listed in the catalog medium, although the image alone does not establish which garment components contain it.

Textiles

  • Use of Fabric Metadata · 98%

    The catalog identifies cotton as the material of the dress and of a second component; the image visibly shows a fabric garment.

Source & rights

Unknown artist. Dress. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.