Feminine Art of the Gilded Age · Electric Light Dress

Electric Light Dress

Identifier: 51.284.3A-H; MNY72670
Title: Electric Light Dress
Model: Vanderbilt, Alice Claypoole Gwynne
Artist: Worth, House of; Worth, Jean-Philippe; Worth, Charles Frederick
Date: 1883
Description: Fancy dress ensemble, an "Electric Light" costume created by the House of Worth and worn by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt in attendance of the 1883 Vanderbilt Ball. Designers were Charles Frederick Worth and his son Jean-Phillippe. Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt (née Gwynne; November 11, 1845 – April 24, 1934).
Location: Museum of the City of New York
Subject: dress-up costumes; fancy dress; dresses (garments); dinner parties; evening dresses (garments); ensembles (costume)
Materials: satin; tulle (meshed textile); silks (costume by material)
Technique: hand sewing; machine sewing (technique); fashion designers; goldwork (embroidering)
Rights: NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
References: Wikidata - Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt; Wikipedia - Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt; New-York Historical Society; Museum of the City of New York; Wikipedia - House of Worth