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Conserving a 19th-Century American Dress

2019-12-10 1 Dailymotion

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.<br />http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/82880<br /><br />Discover the stories behind the clothes you wear on Google Arts & Culture: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/project/fashion<br /><br />Credits:<br /><br />Director: Kate Farrell<br />Producer: Sarah Cowan<br />Editor: Sarah Cowan<br />Cameras: Kelly Richardson, Stephanie Wuertz<br />Lighting: Dia Felix<br />Production Assistant: Skyla Choi<br />Original Music: Austin Fisher<br /><br />Produced in partnership with Google Arts & Culture

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