Ball gown
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2025.9.18.2.CW.DR.C1913.FRAttribution:
Paul POIRET (French, Paris 1879–1944 Paris)Description
An ivory satin and lemon chiffon floor-length empire cut ball gown, overlaid by lemon tulle and embroidered with silver thread, beads, pearls and rhinestones. A lemon chiffon bodice with short sleeves and a wide scoop neckline is overlaid by pearl-colored tulle and embroidered along the neckline, the sleeve edges and a large medallion in the center front with silver thread, small pearls, rhinestones, white and silver beads and bugles; the bodice is lined with a soft corset made of cream-colored taffeta, which reaches the hipline, with a wide girdle and thin straps; the medallion holds a wide draped satin belt under the chest, with embroidered side tabs and sewn onto the belt long draped tulle tails with beaded tassels on the ends; a straight satin skirt is rear folded and has a placket with a snap closure, the skirt is hooked up at the center front seam with rounded foreparts, which form a cocoon silhouette; the upper third of the skirt is covered with a fly-away lemon chiffon with faceted transparent beads along the hem and a shorter layer of scalloped tulle embroidered with scattered beads and silver thread. POIRET attributed without label.Materials
Silk satinChiffon
Tulle
Rhinestones
Beads
Silver thread