Evening Dress
ca. 1948 (made)
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Evening dress of pink brocaded silk patterned with metallic and shaded meandering pink stripes. It is additionally trimmed with applied pastes.
The dress has a fitted bodice with a heart shaped neckline and wide shoulder straps. The skirt is calf length, medium full and slightly gathered at the waist. The dress is unlined but there is a stiffened facing at the hem.
The dress has a fitted bodice with a heart shaped neckline and wide shoulder straps. The skirt is calf length, medium full and slightly gathered at the waist. The dress is unlined but there is a stiffened facing at the hem.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk with applied pastes |
| Brief description | Evening dress of brocaded silk, probably designed by Pierre Balmain, France, ca. 1948 |
| Physical description | Evening dress of pink brocaded silk patterned with metallic and shaded meandering pink stripes. It is additionally trimmed with applied pastes. The dress has a fitted bodice with a heart shaped neckline and wide shoulder straps. The skirt is calf length, medium full and slightly gathered at the waist. The dress is unlined but there is a stiffened facing at the hem. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs McRobert |
| Object history | The workmanship of this dress is very rough and the bodice is unlined. It was suggested at time of acquisition that this might have been a show model, as the unboned bodice would have made the fit slightly more versatile, and the general effect has been compared to the "saggy strapless dresses" in a 1948 issue of L'Officiel. |
| Production | Although this dress bears a Balmain label, it does not appear sufficiently good quality to be a couture dress. It may have been a show model. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.226-1976 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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