Worth dresses

1900 Evening dress

A superb example of dressmaking from the House of Worth, this dress exhibits the aesthetic of the last years of the nineteenth century. The fashionable reverse S-curve silhouette of the dress and the dramatic scroll pattern of the textile reflect the influence of the Art Nouveau movement

L'ART NOUVEAU À PARIS Robe du soir par Jean Philippe Worth - 1902

A Style History of Charles Frederick Worth, looking at the man who designed for Empress Eugenie and Empress Sisi!

House of Worth (French, 1858–1956). Dress, Evening, 1898–1900. French. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Mrs. Henry H. Pease, 1940 (C.I.40.1.1a, b) #reddress

House of Worth, 1898-1900, French, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession # 1976.258.4a, b

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Evening dress by Charles Frederick Worth

Charles Frederick Worth was born in England and spent his young adulthood working for textile merchants in London while researching art history at museums. In 1845 he moved to Paris and worked as a salesman and a dressmaker before partnering with Otto Bobergh to open the dressmaking shop, Worth and Bobergh, in 1858

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