Evening dress
Brand
Callot Soeurs
(French, 1895 - 1937)
c. 1909
Black lace, white taffeta, sequins, and rhinestones
Museum purchase
Object numberP90.2.3
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.
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.Collections
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