Ensemble

Mrs. Samuel Shimn

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This ensemble was made by the donor in 1888. At the time of the donation in 1928, Mrs. Shimn was a resident of New York City. The embroidery motifs and piecing appear to be in the Eastern European folk tradition; however the blouse is constructed in the fashionable style of the 1880s.

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