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2020
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An haute couture dress with bodice embroidered to imitate a textured tweed effect and a skirt of layered ruffles of feather and chiffon.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | The bodice of the dress was embroidered by artisans at Atelier Montex over 750 hours and incorporating approximately 55000 embriodered elements including sequins, beads, ribbon and tambour embroidered silk threads (known as Lunéville technique in France).
The skirt of the dress was embroidered by artisans at Maison Lemarié over 757 hours and incorporating 2200 feathers, 72 metres of chiffon and sequin trimming and approximately 3000 embroidered elements.
The shoes were made by Maison Massaro from lambskin leather and grosgrain ribbon. |
| Brief description | Dress and shoes, embroidered dress of silk chiffon, velvet ribbon and tulle with ostrich, hen and goose feathers, CHANEL by Virginie Viard, Paris, Autumn/Winter haute couture 2020 |
| Physical description | An haute couture dress with bodice embroidered to imitate a textured tweed effect and a skirt of layered ruffles of feather and chiffon. |
| Production type | Haute couture |
| Credit line | Given by CHANEL |
| Object history | This dress appeared as look 11 in the runway presentation of CHANEL's Haute Couture Autumn/Winter 2020 collection. |
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| Accession number | T.78:1 to 3-2023 |
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| Record created | June 2, 2022 |
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