Not currently on display at the V&A

Sample

1935 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sample for an evening dress. Pale blue tulle with a cluster of butterflies in soft purples, pinks, blues and greens. Appliqué of silks voiles are embroidered over with lines of iridescent and pastel coloured sequins, tiny circular beads and silver bugle beads.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tulle and appliqué of embroidered silk voiles, sequins, and beads
Brief description
Sample for an evening dress in tulle and embroidered silk, made in the workshop of Worth, London, 1935.
Physical description
Sample for an evening dress. Pale blue tulle with a cluster of butterflies in soft purples, pinks, blues and greens. Appliqué of silks voiles are embroidered over with lines of iridescent and pastel coloured sequins, tiny circular beads and silver bugle beads.
Credit line
Given by Miss E. Gordon
Object history
Registered File number 1986/63.
Miss Gordon noted that this net was not used.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.247B-1986

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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