Ensemble
1890s
Medium
wool, silk
Classification
Ensemble
Culture
American
Department
Costume Institute
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Jessie Leonard Hill, 1979
Accession Number
1979.152.10a, b
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of 1890s American fashion with *Ensemble* by Mathew Rock a exquisite garment crafted from wool and silk. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Costume Institute, piece arrived as a generous gift from Jessie Hill in 1979. Rock, an American designer of the era, exemplifies the period's blend of practicality and opulence, where ensembles like this would have been worn for daytime or social occasions, reflecting the refined tastes of the Gilded Age. The 1890s marked a pivotal shift in women's fashion, transitioning from the rigid corseted silhouettes of the Victorian...