Not currently on display at the V&A

Evening Dress

ca. 1895 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two-piece dress, cream silk satin brocaded with a satin tone-on-tone striped silk pattern and figured sprays of green and pink flowers. Embellished with cream silk chiffon figured with a pattern of small pink rosebuds.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bodice
  • Skirt
Materials and techniques
Brocaded silk satin, silk velvet and figured silk chiffon, lined with silk, boned
Brief description
Evening dress consisting of bodice and skirt of brocaded silk and velvet, made by Whittingham & Humphreys, London, ca. 1895.
Physical description
Two-piece dress, cream silk satin brocaded with a satin tone-on-tone striped silk pattern and figured sprays of green and pink flowers. Embellished with cream silk chiffon figured with a pattern of small pink rosebuds.
Production typeHaute couture
Credit line
Given by Miss J. Geary, in memory of Miss E. M. Smith
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.205&A-1975

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Record createdSeptember 19, 2007
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