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Evening Dress

ca. 1933 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Evening dress made of brocaded silk with velvet. V-necked dress with elbow length mid-brown velvet butterfly sleeves. The long A-line skirt cut on the cross with no waist demarcation forms the central panel of the bodice and the bottom of the neck. The back is cut in a similar way but the neck is high with darts and a large mid-brown velvet bow. The hem is finished with a band of mid-brown velvet. The fabric is bronze silk brocaded with well-spaced stylised floral sprays in orange, cream and gold gilt threads (now tarnished).


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Brocaded silk, and velvet
Brief description
Evening dress made of brocaded silk with velvet, made by Ruth Vaughan Lodge for Calimala, Great Britain, ca. 1933
Physical description
Evening dress made of brocaded silk with velvet. V-necked dress with elbow length mid-brown velvet butterfly sleeves. The long A-line skirt cut on the cross with no waist demarcation forms the central panel of the bodice and the bottom of the neck. The back is cut in a similar way but the neck is high with darts and a large mid-brown velvet bow. The hem is finished with a band of mid-brown velvet. The fabric is bronze silk brocaded with well-spaced stylised floral sprays in orange, cream and gold gilt threads (now tarnished).
Credit line
Given by Miss Janet Milne
Collection
Accession number
T.662-1974

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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