Dickey
Unknown Artist
1893
Medium
wool, silk
Classification
Dickey
Culture
American
Department
Costume Institute
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Miss Maud Schuyler Clark, 1952
Accession Number
C.I.52.14.4
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of late 19th-century American with *Dickey*, a delicate garment from 1893 housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Costume Institute.ed by an unknown artist wool and silk, this exemplifies the dickey—a clever, detachable shirt front or collar bib designed to simulate the look of a full dress shirt. Popular among men and women of the Gilded Age, it offered practicality and elegance, allowing quick changes for formal occasions without donning an entire undergarment. In the context of 1893 America, amid rapid industrialization and social formality, such accessories und...