Left image:
Street Dress of 1868 of Green Faille Trimmed With Darker Green Velvet
and Fringe
Roberta Joel (dates unknown). New York, NY, Circa 1937
Watercolor on paper, 9 x 11 ¾”
Original garment courtesy of Lewissohn’s Home, New York.
Collection of the Queens Library on long term loan from the U.S. General Services Administration

Right image:
Dazzle Dress
Gretchen Vitamvas (b. 1969)
Brooklyn, NY, 2006, Mixed Media.
Adult-sized garment. Courtesy of the Artist.

This exhibition has been sponsored in part by the American Express Company and The Bay and Paul Foundations. Additional funding for our public programs has been made possible by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.