Afternoon jacket
Medium
silk, jet, beads
Classification
Afternoon jacket
Culture
French
Department
Costume Institute
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Lillian E. Glenn Peirce and Mabel Glenn Cooper, 1929
Accession Number
2009.300.68
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of late 19th-century French fashion with *Afternoon Jacket* (1895), crafted by esteemed Parisian house Augustine Martin & Company. exquisite garment, housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, exemplifies the opulent Belle Époque style, a period of lavish innovation in haute couture amid Paris's cultural golden age. Made from luxurious silk adorned with jet—polished black glass beads ev Victorian mourning jewelry—and intricate beading, the jacket highlights masterful techniques in embellishment and tailoring. These materials not only added dramat...
About the Artist
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