The
Museum of the City of New York is pleased to be able to make
these costumes accessible through this web site. Due to their
fragility, they are rarely exhibited.
This
dress is made from a silk fabric known as "spitalfields,"
from an area in London where designers and weavers produced
silks in a great variety of handsome patterns. Spitalfields
fabrics can be dated quite precisely because of surviving
records of the weaving designs. This dress can be dated around
1740, since the fabric was most likely woven in that year
The
Textile Museum of Canada's permanent collection contains more
than 10,000 textiles and spans almost 2,000 years and 190
world regions. This diverse collection includes fabrics, ceremonial
cloths, garments, carpets, quilts and related artifacts which
reflect the ethnographic, cultural and aesthetic significance
that cloth has held over the centuries.
French
couture is a major focus in the collection with representative
examples of the all the major couturiers such as
Vionnet,
Chanel,
Patou,
Dior and
Balenciaga and
many of the minor such as
Goupy,
Pingat, and
Lucien Lelong.
There are also excellent examples
of couturiers whose work in time may be considered major but
due to lack of research has not yet been properly evaluated
such as that by
Callot Soeurs,
Jenny and
Augustabernard.
Over 100 pieces
have had construction drawings taking of their patterns.
Costume
design for Ganna Walska as the Countess in The Marriage
of Figaro, Act II, Chicago Opera Company, 1923, Gouache,
15-1/2 x 11 inches ( 39.4 x 27.9 cm)
One
of the major settings for The Tale of Genji is Hikaru Genji's
mansion, the Rokujyo-in. The Costume Museum has recreated
part of Genji's Mansion in one-quarter scale.
Dress
Design, with complete instruction to the dressmaker. This is one of few gouaches signed
Romain De Tirtoff
in the lower margin with his address. also signed Erté
twice.
A
man's suit in the eighteenth century consisted of a coat,
waistcoat, and breeches. The coat and breeches were often
made of matching material. The waistcoat was frequently the
most decorative part of the costume
Wedding Dress,
India, c. 1883, silk satin with silk lace inserts, lined with
cotton. Wire hoops support lace bustle of over-skirt. Gown
worn by Sarah Elizabeth Walsh for her marriage to Rev. J.
P. Smitheman in Gwalior, North Central India, September 19,
1883. DW 435 Gift of Beverley Keindl
"The
Souper Dress", Dress, ca. 1966–1967; Pop Art American; Made New York, New York, United States Purchase, Isabel Schults Fund and Martin and Caryl Horwitz
and Hearst Corporation Gifts, 1995 (1995.178.3)
This
dress was worn by Laurette Spang as "Cassiopeia"
in the pilot episode from the time her character is first
encountered by Starbuck and the other Warriors up until Athena
catches her and Starbuck in the launch tube.
