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Day Dress

mid 1950s (made)
Artist/Maker
Connolly, Sybil (designer)
Place of origin
Dublin (made)

Tailored day dress in Irish wool tweed in black and grey with white flecks.


Object details

Categories
Day Wear
Fashion
Womenswear
Clothing
Womenswear
Object type
Day dress
Materials and techniques
wool tweed lined in silk
Wool Tweed
Silk (Textile)
Tailoring
Brief description
Sybil Connolly. Dark grey wool tweed day dress. Dublin, mid-1950s.
Physical description
Tailored day dress in Irish wool tweed in black and grey with white flecks.
Dimensions
  • Shoulder to hem length: 109cm
  • Shoulder width: 39cm
  • Waist circumference: 52cm
Marks and inscriptions
Sybil Connolly Dublin (woven label on waist stay)
Object history
Worn by Anne Moen Bullitt.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.159-2015

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Record createdNovember 17, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1325137/day-dress-connolly-sybil/
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