Object: Dress
Date: 1830-1833
Medium: Cotton
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Marcia Wallace
Object number: 94.92.1
DescriptionDay dress in sheer off white shadow stripe cotton with trailing floral print in brown, orange and green; wide decollete crossover draped bodice with raised waist; long puffed (gigot) sleeve tapering to narrow wrist; long gathered skirt
Label Text:Romanticism emphasized the roles of imagination and emotion in the relationship between humans and nature. The floral motif of this dress reinforces the metaphor of women as flowers, which was recurrent in 19th-century literature. Women were often seen as nurturing caretakers of the garden.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Night and Day
- Ravishing: The Rose in Fashion
- Force of Nature