The Ornamented Being
Ornamented: -verb: Adorn; beautify. Be·ing: -noun: Fulfillment of possibilities; essential completeness.
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Charles Frederick Worth Evening Dress 1900-1903 with Indian embroidery made of silk with silver and gold thread and bullion work, House of Worth. Fashion Museum, Bath.
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Dress worn by Emily Warren Roebling for her presentation to the Queen in 1896, with a portrait of herself in that dress by Emile Carolus-Duran
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Imperial Russian court dress, c 1888 (silk lamé moiré, silk velvet, glass crystals, silver sequins, silver foil, silver strips), Worth, Charles Frederick (1825-95) / Indianapolis Museum of Art, USA / Gift of the Alliance of the Indianapolis Museum of Art / The Bridgeman Art Library
(Source: bridgemanart.com)
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c. 1889
House of Worth
Met
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Good Lord!
Beautiful wedding gown from 1880, by Charles Worth. V Museum
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Fashion Sketches for Charles Worth, c. 1870, by Charles Pilatte
(Source: lamodeillustree.livejournal.com)
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These are from different museums but I thought they went together beautifully!
Gown MFA: Reception or dinner dress French (Paris), about 1883 Designed by Charles Frederick Worth, English (active in France), about 1825–1895 For House of Worth, Paris, France Dimensions Center Back (bodice): 69.8 cm (27 1/2 in.) Center Back (skirt): 177.5 cm (69 7/8 in.) Medium or Technique Silk damask, satin, and plain weave (taffeta), trimmed with glass beads and metallic yarn gimp, with silk fringe and machine-made lace
Heels: Slippers, Evening J. Ferry Date: 1885–95 Culture: French Medium: silk Dimensions: 5 x 8 1/2 in. (12.7 x 21.6 cm)
(Source: metmuseum.org)
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House of Worth (French, 1858–1956)
1900-1905
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Interesting to see how even thought this is a fancy dress the silhouette is has the Gibson Girl pigeon breast shape.
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How about one sneak peek?
“Electric Light” Charles Fredrick Worth, 1883 The Museum of the City of New York
I wanted to share the background information from the website!
‘Fancy dress costume, “Electric Light”
Background
In addition to its elaborate non-theatrical designs, Maison Worth excelled in the production of opera and theater costumes, as well as fancy dress. New York’s late-19th century grand balls were ostentatious events, the most fantastic being the masquerade balls held by the city’s upwardly mobile nouveaux riches. The event hosted by William K. Vanderbilt, on March 26, 1883, marked the completion of his $3 million limestone chateau on Fifth Avenue and was a Gilded Age spectacle. It presented “The Wealth and the Grace of New York in Varied and Brilliant Array,” according to “The New York Herald.” Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II dazzled onlookers in Worth’s masterpiece the “Electric Light.”’(Source: collections.mcny.org)
