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Evening Wear Archive

The Evening Wear Archive gathers evening and formal dress objects from fifty houses in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute, drawn from the Collection API (CC0) and refreshed monthly. Every record links its museum object page and carries garment family, era, season and significance labels; objects are described as cataloged, never appraised or priced.

Records
4,236
Last changed
Update schedule
31 13 6 * * UTC
Coverage
03/02/2020–09/03/2026
Method
Methodology
ObjectHouseDateGarment familyEraSeason
Evening ensemble01/01/1875eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Ball gown01/01/1875eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Wedding dress01/01/1873eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Dinner dress01/01/1873eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Wedding Dress01/01/1875eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Dinner dressWorth01/01/1877eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Dinner dressWorth01/01/1877eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Wedding ensemble01/01/1877eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Wedding dress01/01/1872eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Wedding Dress01/01/1872eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Dinner dress01/01/1876eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Wedding dress01/01/1871eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Evening dress01/01/1873eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Ball gownWorth01/01/1872eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Evening dress01/01/1870eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Dinner dress01/01/1870eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Wedding ensemble01/01/1870eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Evening slippersUnavailableeveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Evening dress01/01/1872eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Evening jacket01/01/1870eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Wedding dress01/01/1869eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Wedding dress01/01/1869eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Wedding dress01/01/1869eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Wedding dress01/01/1869eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Wedding ensemble01/01/1868eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Wedding dress01/01/1870eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Ball gownWorth01/01/1872eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Wedding dress01/01/1872eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Evening dressUnavailableeveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Ball gownUnavailableeveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Evening dress01/01/1865eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Evening ensemble01/01/1870eveningBustle era (1870–1889)
Wedding ensemble01/01/1864eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Ball gown01/01/1869eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Wedding ensemble01/01/1864eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Ball gown01/01/1864eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Wedding dress01/01/1868eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Ball gown01/01/1868eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Evening dress01/01/1865eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Evening dress01/01/1865eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Evening dress01/01/1867eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Wedding Dress01/01/1862eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Wedding ensemble01/01/1861eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Wedding dress01/01/1860eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Evening capeUnavailableeveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Evening slippersUnavailableeveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Evening dressUnavailableeveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Evening cape01/01/1865eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Wedding ensemble01/01/1865eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)
Evening dress01/01/1865eveningCrinoline era (1850–1869)