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Evening Dress

Evening Dress
ca.1946
Artist/Maker

Evening dress consisiting of an upper silk damask weave bodice and lower straight black skirt section. Bodice decorated in a chinoiserie scene on light blue background with pink, blue, white and yellow embroidered pagodas, willow trees, figures and flowers. 5 darts across the chest meet in a vertical singular sewn dart. Leading to a peplum.


Object details

Object type
TitleEvening Dress
Materials and techniques
silk, wool, woven
Brief description
An Evening dress with chinoiserie scenes.
Physical description
Evening dress consisiting of an upper silk damask weave bodice and lower straight black skirt section. Bodice decorated in a chinoiserie scene on light blue background with pink, blue, white and yellow embroidered pagodas, willow trees, figures and flowers. 5 darts across the chest meet in a vertical singular sewn dart. Leading to a peplum.
Dimensions
  • Overall length, from top of shoulders to bottom of hem length: 156cm (Note: Measured by conservation)
  • Circmference of hem circumference: 180cm (Note: Measured by conservation)
  • Length of skirt, from waistband length: 109cm (Note: Measured by conservation)
  • Circumference of waist circumference: 71cm (Note: Measured by conservation)
  • Bust circumference: 90cm (Note: Measured by conservation)
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.2-2019

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Record createdAugust 22, 2019
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