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Dress

Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2025.1.8.6ab.CW.DR.C1940.FR
Description
Black chiffon printed with small poppies and daisies midi-dress, the bodice with a draped shawl collar has a snap fastening at the center front to the waist and on the left side; long sleeves have snap fastenings with small bows at the bottom; a flared six-gore godet skirt; a separate black damask silk princess-cut slip on velvet straps with a wide black cotton lace stripe at the top and a ruffled hem.
Material
Chiffon
Origin
1940s France
Exhibitions History
• 2013.07.18–2013.09.29. ‘From War to Peace. The Fashion of the 1940s and 1950s. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia.
• 2013.11.12–2014.08.10. ‘From War to Peace. The Fashion of the 1940s and 1950s. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum of Applied Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania. Catalogue.
• 2019.07.24–2020.03.03. ‘The Fashion during the War. 1938–1945. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum ‘Liepaja occupation regimes’, Liepaja, Latvia.
• 2025.01.10–2025.02.15. ‘Family gatherings and festivities. 1860–1980. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Visaginas culture center ‘Sedulina’, Visaginas, Lithuania.