Day Ensemble
1967 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Dark green and orange wool tweed day dress and jacket, dress made to give illusion of a green tweed short-sleeved blouse with an orange pinafore overdress in form of inverted T, with green buttons arranged down orange part of bodice in double-breasted form. Jacket in orange tweed with cuffs and shawl collar in mole fur dyed green. Matching beret also in green-dyed mole fur.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | wool tweed trimmed with dyed mole fur |
| Brief description | Norman Hartnell, 1967. Orange and green wool tweed day dress and jacket with green-dyed fur. Matching hat by Simone Mirman. |
| Physical description | Dark green and orange wool tweed day dress and jacket, dress made to give illusion of a green tweed short-sleeved blouse with an orange pinafore overdress in form of inverted T, with green buttons arranged down orange part of bodice in double-breasted form. Jacket in orange tweed with cuffs and shawl collar in mole fur dyed green. Matching beret also in green-dyed mole fur. |
| Production type | Haute couture |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs John Guinness and worn by Mrs E.D. Guinness |
| Object history | Worn by the donor's mother in law, Mrs E.D. Guinness, who lived with Norman Hartnell and was a close personal friend of his. He made all her clothes, although she rarely wore the evening gowns. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.222,A&B-1976 |
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| Record created | September 8, 2008 |
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