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Evening Dress

1969 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Evening dress of full length with a white shantung silk top and skirt, hand printed with a random patchwork pattern in blue and red. The dress fastens at the back with a centre back zip. (A) is a red, shantung, pleated cummerbund and (B) is a straight, pattern printed scarf.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Evening Dress
  • Cummerbund
  • Scarf
Materials and techniques
Shantung silk, hand printed, zip fastening
Brief description
Evening dress, Pauline Allen, St. Martin's School of Art, London, 1969.
Physical description
Evening dress of full length with a white shantung silk top and skirt, hand printed with a random patchwork pattern in blue and red. The dress fastens at the back with a centre back zip. (A) is a red, shantung, pleated cummerbund and (B) is a straight, pattern printed scarf.
Credit line
Given by St. Martin's School of Art
Collection
Accession number
T.376 to B-1970

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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