Evening Dress
February 1964 (made)
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High necked, sleeveless evening dress, fitted. Coral coloured lace re-embroidered with beads and raffia. Shoes to match, with their own shoe trees.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 5 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | lace, raffia embroidery and beading |
| Brief description | Full length evening dress encrusted with coral beading and raffia embroidery |
| Physical description | High necked, sleeveless evening dress, fitted. Coral coloured lace re-embroidered with beads and raffia. Shoes to match, with their own shoe trees. |
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| Production type | Haute couture |
| Credit line | Worn and given by Mrs Pierre Schlumberger |
| Object history | Dated very precisely to 10 February 1964, probably the date of the fashion show. A very similar, if not identical, Givenchy model is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institiute (acc no 1974.184.2) |
| Bibliographic reference | Fashion : An Anthology by Cecil Beaton. London : H.M.S.O., 1971
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| Other number | 713 - Model number |
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| Accession number | T.227-1974 |
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| Record created | September 4, 2007 |
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