Sample
1935 (made)
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This sample was annotated that it was intended for a 'court dress, satin to low hipline, full chiffon skirt'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered satin and chiffon, machine-stitched, embroidered over floss silk, rhinestone, beads and pearls |
| Brief description | Embroidered sample for a court dress, made by Eveline Gordon at the workshop of Worth, London, 1935. |
| Physical description | Embroidered sample for a court dress. Ivory satin and chiffon embroidered with a corn spray. Fabrics are machine-stitched together along a wavy central line and the waved motif is embroidered over in ivory floss silk. With rhinestone studs, silver bugle beads and oat-shaped pearls along the centre of the cereal. |
| Credit line | Given by Eveline Gordon |
| Object history | Registered File number 1986/63. An attached note from Miss Gordon: 'court dress, satin to low hipline, full chiffon skirt'. |
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| Summary | This sample was annotated that it was intended for a 'court dress, satin to low hipline, full chiffon skirt'. |
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| Accession number | T.246-1986 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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