Harlequin
Dress
ca. 1975 (made)
ca. 1975 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Sheer silk chiffon dress with floppy double-layered pierrot ruffle collar and wrist ruffles. Printed throughout in a harlequin check with gold thread dots. Deep flounce in the same fabric around the bottom at mid-thigh height. No waist definition, hangs loosely from the shoulders.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Harlequin (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Silk chiffon woven with gold thread and printed |
| Brief description | Sheer silk chiffon dress 'Harlequin', designed by Yves Saint Laurent for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, France, ca. 1975. |
| Physical description | Sheer silk chiffon dress with floppy double-layered pierrot ruffle collar and wrist ruffles. Printed throughout in a harlequin check with gold thread dots. Deep flounce in the same fabric around the bottom at mid-thigh height. No waist definition, hangs loosely from the shoulders. |
| Production type | Ready to wear |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'SAINT LAURENT / rive gauche' |
| Credit line | Given by Lisa Monnas |
| Object history | Registered File number 1989/831. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.276-1989 |
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| Record created | May 7, 2009 |
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