Name/Title
Our new clothes : acquisitions of the 1990sEntry/Object ID
GT503.M38 1999Description
"An impressive array of clothing, accessories, and library materials was acquired through gift and purchase during the 1990s by The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Adding substantially to its comprehensive collection gathered over fifty-five years, the costumes span three centuries, beginning with a magnificent and rare silk damask brocaded English mantua of 1708 and including a wide-ranging selection such as a luxuriously embroidered and sequined French man's ensemble of about 1765, a sparkling Agnes Drecoll robe en pannier of 1912, a beautiful Charles James wedding gown of 1949, and a slinky gold-tone metal mesh Gianni Versace evening gown of 1997-98." -- BOOK JACKETContext
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., Apr. 6-Aug. 22, 1999.Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Kristen Huntley EstateNotes
Gift of Kristen Huntley Estate, March 2023.Lexicon
Search Terms
costume--exhibitions, museum catalogsLegacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
Richard Martin, Costume Institute (New York)Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)Date Published
1999ISBN
0870999001, 9780870999000, 0810965402, 9780810965409, 9780300196610LCCN
99014145Notes
Length: 79General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Foreword / Philippe de Montebello -- A History of Fashion -- The White Dress -- Men of Three Centuries -- The Americans -- The Contemporaries -- The Library.