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Ball gown

The Silhouette Timeline traces how dress silhouettes change across the decades of the Costume Institute collection, drawn from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection API (CC0) and refreshed monthly. Every record links its museum object page and carries garment family, era, season and significance labels; objects are described as cataloged, never appraised or priced.

Records
5,000
Last changed
Update schedule
58 12 3 * * UTC
Coverage
03/02/2020–09/03/2026
Method
Methodology
Object
Ball gown
Accession number
C.I.53.32.2a, b
Date
1900–1903
Makers
—
Medium
silk
Dimensions
—
Classification
—
Department
Costume Institute
Culture
French
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Mrs. Robert L. Stevens, 1953
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
House
—
Garment family
evening
Era
Belle Époque (1890–1914)
Season
—
Material family
  • silk