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Becky Sharp dress

Object Details

Description
Green dress with gold embroidery worn by actress Minnie Maddern Fiske in the 1915 silent film Becky Sharp. The dress was on display in Nation of Nations as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the exhibit, "Under the Footlights."
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Date made
1899
date made
1914
Credit Line
Gift of Olive Kooken
Object Name
dress

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