Home Fall of the Empire: Romanticism Through Dresses Walking dress, circa 1830, British. Cotton. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest.

Walking dress, circa 1830, British. Cotton. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest.

Dress, circa 1820 (fabric from late 18th century), British. Silk. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest.

Walking dress, circa 1830, British. Cotton. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest.

Dress, circa 1837, American. Silk. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund.