Callot evening gown – Historic Print
![Callot evening gown, [ca. 1915] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/03/03136d3b6d71-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Callot evening gown comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Callot evening gown
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The gown in this print bears the name of Callot Soeurs, the Paris fashion house run by three sisters that drew wide attention in the years before World War I for its lace, embroidery, and draped evening dresses. Callot's designs were widely copied by American dressmakers and reported in the fashion press, and the house was one of the leading names in French couture at the time. The print comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news photographs made by the Bain News Service in New York in the early twentieth century. Such images show how a fashionable evening look was presented to the public in the years around 1915.
| Created / published | [ca. 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint copyrighted by Philippe Ortiz. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Clothing & dress; Models. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,138 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157380 |
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