Evening dress by Charles Frederick Worth

Evening dress

Charles Frederick Worth · 1886

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DETAILS
Artist
Charles Frederick Worth
Date
1886
Medium
Silk, beads, metallic
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Collection
Costume Institute
Culture
French
Credit line
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Designated Purchase Fund, 1990
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