Textile
Unknown Artist
18th century
Medium
[no medium available]
Classification
Textile
Culture
American or European
Department
Costume Institute
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1943
Accession Number
C.I.43.90.52a, b
Art Historical Context
This exquisite 18th-century textile housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Costume Institute, a window into the refined world of fashion and craftsmanship from the Age of Enlightenment. Created by an unknown artist and attributed to either American or European origins, it entered the museum's collection in 1943 as a generous from Mrs. Robert Woods, a prominent collector whose donations enriched the Met's holdings in decorative arts and costumes. Textiles like this one were prized status symbols in the 1700s, reflecting global trade networks that brought luxurious fabrics from Asia, Europe, a...