Dress border
Unknown Artist
early 19th century
Medium
Silk
Dimensions
H. 4 1/2 x W. 8 1/4 inches 11.4 x 21 cm
Classification
Textiles-Embroidered
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1940
Accession Number
40.63.22
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of early 19th-century French with this delicate *Dress Border*, a testament to the era's masterful textile craftsmanship. Crafted from luxurious silk and meticulously embroidered, this narrow trim measures just 4½ x 8¼ inches (11.4 x 21 cm), designed to adorn the hems, sleeves, or bodices of gowns. Acquired through the Rogers Fund in 1940 now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of's Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, it exemplifies the intricate *Textiles-Embroidered* classification. During the Napoleonic Empire and early Restoration periods, such ...