Dress
Unknown Artist
1903
Medium
[no medium available]
Classification
Dress
Culture
American
Department
Costume Institute
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Miss Olive Floyd, 1946
Accession Number
C.I.46.73.5
Art Historical Context
This elegant dress from 1903 offers a captivating glimpse into early 20th-century American fashion crafted by an unknown artist and now housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Costume Institute.ously donated in 1946 by Miss Floyd, it exemplifies the museum's commitment to preserving everyday artifacts that reveal the style and social norms of their era. As an American piece from the Progressive Age, it reflects a time of rapid industrialization, women's growing visibility in public life, and the influence of European trends adapted for the New World. Dating to the height of the Gibson Girl ph...