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Gown

Designed by: Jean-Philippe Worth (French, 1856–1926)
For: House of Worth (French, 1858–1956)
French
about 1895
Object Place: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Silk satin, self patterned trimmed with net and applied ornament of embroidered buckram with glass beads, faux pearls, and rhinestones
Dimensions Other (bodice): 48.3 cm (19 in.)
Other (skirt CB): 188 cm (74 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Jane Norton Nichols
Accession Number2003.288.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes

ProvenanceWorn by donor's grandmother, Jane Norton Morgan, wife of J. P. Morgan; Gift from Jane Norton Nichols (donor's mother) to Henrietta N. Meyer, 1974; Gift to the MFA, June 25, 2003