Evening Dress
1953 (designed)
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Dress of silver lamé with an all over embroidered pattern of irregular leaf shapes in silver pailettes and pastes.
It is full length and decolleté with narrow silver ribbon shoulder straps and a straight skirt, draped over at the side to give room for movement.
It is full length and decolleté with narrow silver ribbon shoulder straps and a straight skirt, draped over at the side to give room for movement.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered silver lamé, ribbon straps, embellished with pailettes and pastes |
| Brief description | Evening court dress of embroidered silver lamé, probably designed by Victor Stiebel, London, 1953 |
| Physical description | Dress of silver lamé with an all over embroidered pattern of irregular leaf shapes in silver pailettes and pastes. It is full length and decolleté with narrow silver ribbon shoulder straps and a straight skirt, draped over at the side to give room for movement. |
| Production type | Haute couture |
| Credit line | Given by Cecil Beaton |
| Object history | Made for Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, to wear to the Coronation ceremony, along with custom-designed ceremonial robes. She stated that she was the only guest to have both her gown and her peeress robes designed anew for the ceremony. This gown and the robes were given to Cecil Beaton for his exhibition. |
| Production | Attribution note: Made for the Coronation, 1953 Reason For Production: Commission |
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| Accession number | T.26-1977 |
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| Record created | October 6, 2008 |
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