Ball gown
Object type: Ball gown
Department: Costume Institute
Culture: French
Artist: House of Worth|Charles Frederick Worth
Artist bio: French, 1858–1956|French (born England), Bourne 1825–1895 Paris
Artist role: Design House|Designer
Artist nationality: French|French, born England
Date: ca. 1887
Medium: silk, glass, metallic thread
Credit line: Gift of Orme Wilson and R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of their mother, Mrs. Caroline Schermerhorn Astor Wilson, 1949
Accession year: 1948