Ensemble

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Featured is an excellent example of a complete girl's ensemble of the highest quality. Often, ensembles such as this become separated for various reasons so it is quite rare to have all corresponding pieces. During this period, children's clothes very much followed women's fashion. This coat has all the hallmarks of the 1890s with the fashionable cape collar and full sleeves.

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.

Metropolitan Museum of Art