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Evening Dress

1933 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Grey satin evening dress, with a V neck, puff sleeves with pleated decoration and pleated epaulettes, side panels on the skirt, and gored train.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Satin
Brief description
Satin evening dress, designed by Schiaparelli, Paris, 1933.
Physical description
Grey satin evening dress, with a V neck, puff sleeves with pleated decoration and pleated epaulettes, side panels on the skirt, and gored train.
Production typeHaute couture
Credit line
Given by Mrs Alec Hambro
Object history
Ref. Paris Centre de Documentation de Costume, Schiaparelli, Album no 2 p.339
Bibliographic reference
Fashion : An Anthology by Cecil Beaton. London : H.M.S.O., 1971
Collection
Accession number
T.389-1974

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Record createdSeptember 6, 2007
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