Dress
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2019.1.18.1.CW.DR.C1936.FRAuthor:
House of Maggy Rouff (French, 1929 - 1965)Description
White and black printed silk formal dress, front decorated with 43 buttons, the bodice has a straight rear yoke, the neckline and front placket are trimmed with a strip of black crepe de chine, from the beginning of the closure to the hip line this strip adorned with shirring, the side seams are also draped to the hip line on both sides, the rear waist drapery is also formed this way, the sleeves are short, straight with draping by the edge, held with patas.Material
SilkOrigin
circa 1936 Paris, FranceExhibitions History
• 2016.10.24–2017.04.18. ‘Elegancy of 1930s. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Fashion Museum, Riga, Latvia.• 2019.04.02–2019.05.20. ‘Elegancy of 1930s. Moldovian and Romanian style icons. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ The National Museum of History of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova.