Evening dress

Clothes for Women

Inventory number
2018.9.21.6.CW.DR.C1920.AT
Description
Cream velvet sleeveless embroidered evening dress. Decorated with an all-over design with coloured beads. At the back and front are heavily decorated with wide motif made with round red coloured beads and beige embroidery. Ten narrow strips of the same decoration run down to the hem, which ends in the shape of scallops.The dress is below-the-knee, and it is made up of two pieces sewn together, back and front.
Materials
Silk
Glass beads
Origin
circa 1920 Austria