Address: Boboli Garden, Palazzina della Meridiana
The Costume Gallery, a section of the
Museo degli Argenti, has been
housed since 1983 in the small neoclassic building of the
Meridiana of
Pitti Palace with
access to Boboli garden. The showcases have been arranged in the
historical Lorena/Savoy environment furnished with furniture and
paintings which reflect the interior decoration carried out in
1861 for the arrival of Vittorio Emanuele II. Through a series of
clothes which are characteristic of each period, the exhibition
illustrates the evolution of fashion in the 18th century until
about 1930. In the wall show cases there can be found accessories
and linen. The costumes are changed alternately every two years,
with similar and coeval ones, coming from the rich depository of
the same gallery. The ballroom la the place where frequent
exhibitions are held on subjects concerning the history of
fashion.
