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Dress
Madeleine Vionnet, born 1876 - died 1975 - Enlarge image
Dress
- Place of origin:
Paris, France (made)
- Date:
mid 1930s (designed)
- Artist/Maker:
Madeleine Vionnet, born 1876 - died 1975 (designer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Matt silk crêpe decorated with drawn threadwork, gold-tone metal
- Credit Line:
Given by Mrs Amy Bird
- Museum number:
T.201 to C-1973
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
White crêpe dress with a pair of gold-tone metal fastenings and a pale pink crêpe petticoat.
[Dress] White crêpe dress with a high round neck and full bishop sleeves fastening at wrist with gold-tone metal cufflinks. Straight cut body and geometric drawn-thread openwork detailing around shoulders, yoke, and back of dress, taking its diamond shaped grid from the lie of the warp and weft in the bias-cut fabric.
[Dress fastening] Gold-tone metal fastening.
[Dress fastening] Gold-tone metal fastening.
[Petticoat] Pale pink crêpe petticoat, cut with diamong side-waist gores.
Place of Origin
Paris, France (made)
Date
mid 1930s (designed)
Artist/maker
Madeleine Vionnet, born 1876 - died 1975 (designer)
Materials and Techniques
Matt silk crêpe decorated with drawn threadwork, gold-tone metal
Descriptive line
Crêpe dress and petticoat with a pair of metal fastenings, designed by Madeleine Vionnet, Paris, mid 1930s.
Materials
Crepe
Categories
Fashion; Day wear; Women's clothes
Collection code
T&F
