Fashion Design
1937-39 (made)
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Fashion design, pencil and watercolour on grey paper. Design for a long grey velvet evening dress with heavy gold braided embroidery on the bodice and a gold net veiled headdress. Attached typewritten note gives details of the dress and the client.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | pencil and watercolour on grey paper, typewritten note |
| Brief description | Netty Ferro or Jean-Denis Maillart for Worth. Design for a grey velvet evening dress with gold embroidery and gold tulle veil for the singer Alice Tully to wear for concert performances. Paris, 1937-39 |
| Physical description | Fashion design, pencil and watercolour on grey paper. Design for a long grey velvet evening dress with heavy gold braided embroidery on the bodice and a gold net veiled headdress. Attached typewritten note gives details of the dress and the client. |
| Credit line | Given by the House of Worth |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO, 1964 |
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| Accession number | E.22204-1957 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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