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Silhouette Timeline

The Silhouette Timeline traces how dress silhouettes change across the decades of the Costume Institute collection, drawn from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection API (CC0) and refreshed monthly. Every record links its museum object page and carries garment family, era, season and significance labels; objects are described as cataloged, never appraised or priced.

Records
5,000
Last changed
Update schedule
58 12 3 * * UTC
Coverage
03/02/2020–09/03/2026
Method
Methodology
ObjectHouseDateGarment familyEraSeason
DressUnavailabledaywearJazz Age (1920s)
DressUnavailabledaywearBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dressUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dressWorth01/01/1899eveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dressWorthUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Ball gownWorthUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Ball gownWorth01/01/1899eveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
DressCallot01/01/1899daywearBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dressDoucet01/01/1904eveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dressWorthUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dressWorthUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dressWorthUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Ball gownWorthUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dressWorth01/01/1898eveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Ball gownWorth01/01/1898eveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dressWorthUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dressWorthUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dressWorthUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
EnsembleWorthUnavailabledaywearBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening coatWorth01/01/1900eveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
CoatWorth01/01/1898daywearBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Afternoon dress01/01/1900daywearBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Ball gownDoucetUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Ball gownDoucetUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening ensembleWorthUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dressWorth01/01/1898eveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Dinner dressWorth01/01/1900eveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Afternoon dressWorth01/01/1898daywearBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Afternoon dressPaquin01/01/1901daywearBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dressDoucetUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Ball gownDoucetUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Ball gownDoucetUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dress01/01/1903eveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Tea gownUnavailabledaywearBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Suit01/01/1900daywearBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Afternoon dressUnavailabledaywearBelle Époque (1890–1914)
DressWorthUnavailabledaywearBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Dinner dressWorthUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening ensembleUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Ball gownCallotUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dressDoucetUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Wedding dressWorth01/01/1896eveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dressUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Ball gownWorthUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Dinner dress01/01/1901eveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Coat01/01/1901daywearBelle Époque (1890–1914)
DressUnavailabledaywearBelle Époque (1890–1914)
DressUnavailabledaywearBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Ball gownWorthUnavailableeveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)
Evening dressWorth01/01/1897eveningBelle Époque (1890–1914)