Evening Dress
ca. 1897 (designed)
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This is a fine example of the fin-de-siècle ball gown. It belonged to Miss Anne Thomson of Philadelphia, daughter of Frank Thomson, an early collector of Impressionist paintings.
The dress is embellished with lace motifs in a pattern of carnations and embroidered with pastes (imitation gemstones). Deep swags of pink roses are draped over the upper arms, and pink tulle is arranged in bows on the shoulder and as trimming on the hem of the skirt. Similar dresses with bows on the shoulder and floral trimmings are illustrated in The Queen for 1897.
The dress is reminiscent of designs by the couturier Charles Frederick Worth (d.1895) and was possibly designed by his son, Jean-Philippe Worth for the House of Worth. Although Worth favoured tulle and flowers, this model does not appear in the guard books of his designs.
The dress is embellished with lace motifs in a pattern of carnations and embroidered with pastes (imitation gemstones). Deep swags of pink roses are draped over the upper arms, and pink tulle is arranged in bows on the shoulder and as trimming on the hem of the skirt. Similar dresses with bows on the shoulder and floral trimmings are illustrated in The Queen for 1897.
The dress is reminiscent of designs by the couturier Charles Frederick Worth (d.1895) and was possibly designed by his son, Jean-Philippe Worth for the House of Worth. Although Worth favoured tulle and flowers, this model does not appear in the guard books of his designs.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Satin, machine-embroidered lace and tulle, embroidered with pastes, boned bodice, lined with silk taffeta |
| Brief description | Evening dress of satin and tulle, possibly designed by Jean-Philippe Worth, Paris, ca. 1897 |
| Physical description | Evening dress of pink satin, consisting of matching bodice and skirt, trimmed with machine embroidered lace motifs, pastes, artificial pink roses and ruches of gathered tulle. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Soame Jenyns |
| Summary | This is a fine example of the fin-de-siècle ball gown. It belonged to Miss Anne Thomson of Philadelphia, daughter of Frank Thomson, an early collector of Impressionist paintings. The dress is embellished with lace motifs in a pattern of carnations and embroidered with pastes (imitation gemstones). Deep swags of pink roses are draped over the upper arms, and pink tulle is arranged in bows on the shoulder and as trimming on the hem of the skirt. Similar dresses with bows on the shoulder and floral trimmings are illustrated in The Queen for 1897. The dress is reminiscent of designs by the couturier Charles Frederick Worth (d.1895) and was possibly designed by his son, Jean-Philippe Worth for the House of Worth. Although Worth favoured tulle and flowers, this model does not appear in the guard books of his designs. |
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| Accession number | T.433&A-1977 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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