Fashion Design
1923 (made)
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Design for a court presentation gown. A silver lamé brocade dress, straight cut with vertical rows of beading, overlaid with a swathed drape of lamé brocade caught at the hip with a bunch of blue roses and a long train bordered with beading. The wearer's right arm is are veiled with a long beaded fringe , her left arm has beads wound around it. She wears a bandeau headdress with a transparent veil attached and the three Prince of Wales ostrich feathers in front, and carries a large white ostrich feather fan.
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Materials and techniques | Coloured chalks, ink and other media on toned paper |
Brief description | Jules de Ban for Lucile Ltd., 1923. Design for a court presentation dress |
Physical description | Design for a court presentation gown. A silver lamé brocade dress, straight cut with vertical rows of beading, overlaid with a swathed drape of lamé brocade caught at the hip with a bunch of blue roses and a long train bordered with beading. The wearer's right arm is are veiled with a long beaded fringe , her left arm has beads wound around it. She wears a bandeau headdress with a transparent veil attached and the three Prince of Wales ostrich feathers in front, and carries a large white ostrich feather fan. |
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Credit line | Given by the artist |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964. |
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Accession number | E.2939-1962 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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