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Evening Dress

February 1964 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.

  • Dress
  • Shoe
  • Shoe
  • Shoe Tree
  • Shoe Tree
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.
Dimensions
  • Sweep of dress circumference: 207cm
  • Bust of dress width: 94cm
  • Length of dress from neck to hem length: 133cm
  • Armhole of dress length: 19cm
  • Depth of dress hem length: 7.5cm
  • Sweep of cape circumference: 222cm
  • Depth of hem on cape length: 32cm
Dimensions measured ZC 11/03/2016
Production typeHaute 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 129
Other number
713 - Model number
Collection
Accession number
T.227-1974

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Record createdSeptember 4, 2007
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