Dinner dress
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- silk
- Origin
- American
- Department
- Costume Institute
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs. J. Randall Creel, 1963
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Fashion Design and Wearable Art Both · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the work as a dinner dress, and the image clearly shows a complete formal garment displayed on a mannequin.
Subject Matter
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Related to Fashion Both · 99%
The object is a late-nineteenth-century garment whose visual structure depends on dress silhouette, fabric, and ornamental detailing.
Visual Qualities
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Dark Colors Visual · 90%
Deep crimson, burgundy, and shadowed red folds dominate the garment, with black accents contributing to a dark overall palette.
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Asymmetrical Visual · 84%
The draped sash-like elements, gathered overskirt, and long train create an uneven, directional arrangement rather than a uniformly balanced silhouette.
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 98%
Ruffles, pleats, layered hems, contrasting bands, bows or gathered sections, and extensive surface detailing make the garment highly embellished.
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Slumped/Draped Visual · 96%
The skirt and train are formed through abundant drapery, deep folds, gathering, and fabric that pools broadly across the floor.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the dress to 1884–86, within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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American Art Metadata · 90%
The catalog records the place of origin as American; this identifies the object’s cataloged origin, not necessarily the maker’s nationality.
Textiles
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Use of Fabric Metadata · 97%
The catalog identifies the medium as silk, while the image visibly shows extensive textile construction and use of fabric.
Source & rights
Mme. Grapanche. Dinner dress. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.