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Day Dress

autumn 1942 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Red crêpe day dress, button through design with distinctive collar with deep notch in back.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Matt rayon crêpe
Brief description
Day dress, 1942, British; Utility, probably designed by Bianca Mosca. Pillar box red rayon crepe. Board of Trade pattern 7.
Physical description
Red crêpe day dress, button through design with distinctive collar with deep notch in back.
Dimensions
  • Back length: 111.8cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • Across shoulders width: 41.9cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
Production typePrototype
Credit line
Given by the Board of Trade
Object history
Looking at the collection as a whole, this dress (which does not have a tag with designer initials) is closest in design ethos to the labelled Bianca Mosca blouse. The collars on both dress and blouse are identical in the back. None of the other items in the grouping have this particular collar construction, which would make the tentative attribution to Mosca credible.
Collection
Accession number
T.59-1942

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Record createdSeptember 30, 2008
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