Evening robe

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

An unusual chiselŽ velvet with scrolling floral and raised foliate pattern is composed of cut and uncut loops of silk that evoke late Renaissance meanders. Yet its indisputable historical resonance is also compatible with the emerging Art Nouveau of a like abstraction of the flower within a curvilinear horror vacui.

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