Evening Trouser Suit
ca. 1969 (designed)
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Beaded silk evening ensemble consisting of an overdress and petticoat and matching pair of trousers. Pale green slub silk dress with flared sleeves, split up the sides, silk petticoat with inset knife-pleated chiffon gores down sides (revealed by slits in dress) and green slub silk trousers. The hem of the dress, the sleeves, and the flared trouser legs decorated with small white ceramic beads and large pale green ceramic plaques embossed with a floral motif. The dress can be worn without the trousers, but with the slip, or without the slip to reveal the matching trousers.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Slub silk, chiffon, and ceramic beads and plaques |
| Brief description | Evening trouser suit, embroidered and beaded silk, by Roger Brines, London, England, ca. 1969. |
| Physical description | Beaded silk evening ensemble consisting of an overdress and petticoat and matching pair of trousers. Pale green slub silk dress with flared sleeves, split up the sides, silk petticoat with inset knife-pleated chiffon gores down sides (revealed by slits in dress) and green slub silk trousers. The hem of the dress, the sleeves, and the flared trouser legs decorated with small white ceramic beads and large pale green ceramic plaques embossed with a floral motif. The dress can be worn without the trousers, but with the slip, or without the slip to reveal the matching trousers. |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Bourke |
| Object history | Registered File number 1993/510. |
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| Accession number | T.220:1 to 3-1993 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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