The Met: Behind the Scenes at The Costume Institute Conservation Laboratory - 19th-Century American Dress
From The Met: "Explore behind the scenes at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Conservation Laboratory, where objects in the collection and exhibition loans are expertly conserved. In this video, Jessica Regan, assistant curator in The Costume Institute, offers a close look at an American dress from about 1885."
Click Here to learn more about this 19th century dress.
After you watch the video, view the dress below as it would be display at The Met in all its grandeur.
Watch the video below to get Jessica Regan's, assistant curator of The Costume Institute at The Met, perspective on the dress.
[Below Photo: Dinner dress - Designer Mme. Grapanche (1884–86) from The Met]
