Dress

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This open robe, lacking petticoat, in spice brown damask reveals both the wide circumstance of the 1730s style, just before the flattening out that occurred at mid-century, and the hedonism of extraordinary damask, even when it's monochromatic. The luxury of this textile art alone is enough to warrant the interest in and satisfaction taken from this open robe.

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.

Metropolitan Museum of Art