P90.2.3

Images (10)

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_15 Left to right: Callot Soeurs Evening dress, Paris, circa 1909 (P90.2.3), and Afternoon dress, Paris, summer 1917 (86.156.1)

First_Rotation_758 82.146.1 (textile), P90.2.3 (dress)

MinMax_07 Left to right 79.40.5 (gown), 2000.37.2 (textile), P83.19.12 (hat case), P90.2.3 (black dress), 73.29.6 (suit)

MinMax_25 Left to right 76.208.10 (dress), 72.86.6 (frock coat), 79.40.5 (gown), 2000.37.2 (textile), P83.19.12 (hat), P90.2.3 (black dress), 73.29.6 (suit hidden), P85.35.2 (skirt suit), 80.13.2 (red dress), 2009.15.7 (ensemble hidden), P91.63.1 (straw hat), 77.178.10 (hat), P86.69.2 (textile)

MinMax_28 P90.2.3 (dress), 73.29.6 (suit)

Object: Evening dress

Brand: Callot Soeurs (French, 1895 - 1937)

Date: c. 1909

Medium: Black lace, white taffeta, sequins, and rhinestones

Country: France

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Object number: P90.2.3

DescriptionTwo-piece evening dress in black lace with imbricated leaf pattern over white taffeta, trimmed with black and silver sequins and rhinestones; high neck, long sleeve monobosom bodice; gored skirt with wide formal pattern lace border at bottom.

Label Text:The sisters Callot - Marie Gerber, Marthe Bertrand, Régina Tennyson-Chantrell, and Joséphine Crimont - often used delicate materials in their very feminine creations. They were especially renowned for their exquisite lacework, such as the black, imbricated leaf pattern overlaid on pale taffeta seen here. This dress, finely embellished with black and silver sequins and rhinestones, represents the magnificence of fashions in La Belle Époque. In the early twentieth century, for those who could afford it, Callot couture was luxury of the highest order.

Exhibitions:

Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors
Minimalism / Maximalism: Fashion Extremes
Fashion & Textile History Gallery First Rotation