Not currently on display at the V&A

Sample

1965 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Embroidered sample for the bodice of an evening dress. Black woollen twill embroidered with a leaf spray of black appliqué velvet with satin stitched edges and a leaf spray with edges of bugle beads.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Embroidered wool twill, appliqué velvet with satin stitched edges, and bugle beads
Brief description
Embroidered sample for the bodice of an evening dress of wool twill, appliqué velvet and beads, designed by Eveline Gordon for Worth, London, 1965
Physical description
Embroidered sample for the bodice of an evening dress. Black woollen twill embroidered with a leaf spray of black appliqué velvet with satin stitched edges and a leaf spray with edges of bugle beads.
Credit line
Given by Miss E. Gordon
Object history
Registered File number 1986/63.
Eveline Gordon noted that the spray with bugle beads was chosen and that the neckline would have a small plain border beyond the embroidery.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.257B-1986

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Record createdMay 8, 2003
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