Evening Dress
Evening Dress
ca.1946
ca.1946
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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 | |
Title | Evening 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. |
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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 created | August 22, 2019 |
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