2003.12.1

Images (11)

Food & Fashion Left to right: 2003.12.1 (white tea gown); 2019.1.3 (pink dress); 73.29.6 (black evening suit); 82.236.3 (black tuxedo); 74.93.8 (black ensemble); 2016.29.15 and 2016.29.14 (hats, case)

Exposed_27 Left to right 2003.12.1 (tea gown), 98.37.1 (corset), 98.29.5 (bra), 76.64.1 (stockings in case)

Designing Women_14 Left to right: Fernande Burel, Tea Gown, Paris, circa 1900 (2003.12.1); Jeanne Paquin, Afternoon dress, Paris, circa 1902 (72.66.6); Image by Henri Gervex, "Cinq Heures Chez Paquin" (Five Hours at the House of Paquin), 1906; Jeanne Paquin, Evening Cape, Paris, 1897 (P83.19.7); Callot Soeurs Evening dress, Paris, circa 1909 (P90.2.3) and Afternoon dress, Paris, summer 1917 (86.156.1)

Designing Women_03 Left to right: Fernande Burel, Tea Gown, Paris, circa 1900 (2003.12.1); Jeanne Paquin, Afternoon dress, Paris, circa 1902 (72.66.6); Image by Henri Gervex, "Cinq Heures Chez Paquin" (Five Hours at the House of Paquin), 1906; Jeanne Paquin, Evening Cape, Paris, 1897 (P83.19.7)

Luxury_16 Left to right 2003.12.1 (gown), 83.79.1487 (textile wall), 72.111.3 (pink dress), 2004.31.4 (shoes case), P87.17.1 (hat case), 79.86.63, 79.86.124, 97.57.2 (shoe heels case), 2006.61.1 (shoes case), 81.88.1 (velvet coat), P91.31.1 (textile wall), P83.5.9 (orange dress), 96.69.16 (dress hidden), P83.39.8 (silk dress)

Exposed_06 Left to right 2003.12.1 (tea gown), 98.37.1 (corset), 98.29.5 (bra), 76.64.1 (stockings in case), U.131 (bodice and drawers), 82.91.1 (nightgown), 85.80.21 (blue corset), 85.80.13 (black corset box in case), 82.171.1B (corset box in case), 90.180.4 (robe), 96.109.1 (cap in case)

Luxury_18 Left to right 67.127.1 (velvet dress), 2003.12.1 (gown), 83.79.1487 (textile wall), 72.111.3 (pink dress), 2004.31.4 (shoes case), P87.17.1 (hat case), 79.86.63, 79.86.124, 97.57.2 (shoe heels case), 2006.61.1 (shoes case), 81.88.1 (velvet coat)

Luxury_53 Left to right 67.127.1 (velvet dress), 2003.12.1 (gown), 83.79.1487 (textile wall), 72.111.3 (pink dress), 2004.31.4 (shoes case), P87.17.1 (hat case), 79.86.63, 79.86.124, 97.57.2 (shoe heels case), 2006.61.1 (shoes case), 81.88.1 (velvet coat)

Object: Tea gown

Designer: Fernande Burel

Date: c. 1900

Medium: Off white silk crimped chiffon with red and green carnation print, china silk, and lace

Country: France

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Object number: 2003.12.1

DescriptionTea gown in off white silk crimped chiffon with red and green carnation print, pieced with bands of lace forming chevron at F and B bodice and train, and vertical CF panel; knotted chiffon panels and front pompoms; V-neck F and B, full sleeves shirred into lace trimmed wide cuff; china silk underdress

Label Text:The tea gown became "an indispensable element in all elegant wardrobes," according to Les Modes (1901). Class distinctions were also manifested by an elaborate system of dressing for bourgeois women, whose daily attire often included a morning dress, a tailored suit, and an evening dress.

Exhibitions:

Food and Fashion
Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors
Femme Fatale: Fashion and Visual Culture in Fin-de-Siècle Paris
Exposed: A History of Lingerie
Luxury