Ball gown, Marguery Bolhagen (American, 1920–2021), ca. 1961; Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr., 1966 (2009.300.2556a, b). The Richard and Gloria Manney John Henry Belter Rococo Revival Parlor, ca. 1850, Gift of Sirio D. Molteni and Rita M. Pooler, 1965 (Inst.65.4). Photo © Dario Calmese, 2021. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ball gown, Marguery Bolhagen (American, 1920–2021), ca. 1961; Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr., 1966 (2009.300.2556a, b). The Richard and Gloria Manney John Henry Belter Rococo Revival Parlor, ca. 1850, Gift of Sirio D. Molteni and Rita M. Pooler, 1965 (Inst.65.4). Photo © Dario Calmese, 2021. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Frieze VIP Guests are warmly invited to a Private Tour of The Costume Institute’s exhibition In America: An Anthology of Fashion, led by Jessica Regan, Associate Curator in The Costume Institute.
This is the second portion of a two-part exhibition exploring fashion in the United States, presented in collaboration with The Met’s American Wing. This section of the exhibition will highlight sartorial narratives that relate to the complex and layered histories of the American Wing period rooms.
