Costume and Textiles Woman's Dress with Dinner and Evening Bodices c. 1885 Designed by Emile Pingat, French, 1820 - 1901 Silk velvet, metallic thread embroidery, and machine-made lace Currently not on view 1949-29-3a--c Gift of Mrs. Carroll S. Tyson, 1949 |
LabelThis winter dinner dress was worn by Mrs. Charles G. Roebling of Trenton, whose husband, a philanthropist and engineer, was the son of John A. Roebling, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge. She married Roebling in 1877 and died ten years later at age thirty-two. It was common practice at the time for good dressmakers to provide their clients with two bodices for each dress: one with long sleeves for informal evening wear and a low-necked, sleeveless version for more formal events. |
