Mourning dress
A black silk day dress on a headless mannequin, with a fitted bodice, lace-trimmed shoulder ruffles, and a full skirt ending in a long train. Black silk bows and lace gather along the hem, and a pale edging frames the neckline.
Look closer: Small dark bows and rosettes are scattered along the hem and train, with a pale edging at the neckline.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1894–95
- Medium
- silk
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 3870 × 4000 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1895).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of C.W. Howard, 1950