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Evening Dress

ca. 1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Evening dress of cream satin with a train of cream satin, and lined with royal blue chiffon and trimmed with green lace. The train is edged with glass beads. Bodice of pink silk overlaid with pink and white net, trimmed with embroidery in pearls, glass beads and rhinestones. Waistband of black net embroidered with glass beads and rhinestones, and with a blue velvet rose.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Satin, silk, chiffon, lace, velvet, glass beads, net, pearls, rhinestones, partly embroidered
Brief description
Evening dress of satin and chiffon with a train, trimmed with lace, and silk bodice, made by Worth, Paris, ca. 1900
Physical description
Evening dress of cream satin with a train of cream satin, and lined with royal blue chiffon and trimmed with green lace. The train is edged with glass beads. Bodice of pink silk overlaid with pink and white net, trimmed with embroidery in pearls, glass beads and rhinestones. Waistband of black net embroidered with glass beads and rhinestones, and with a blue velvet rose.
Dimensions
  • Length: 61in
Credit line
Given by Lady Hoyer Millar
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.171-1961

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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