Evening dress
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2019.1.18.5ab.CW.DR.C1930.US
Description
Cranberry panchiffon bias cut evening dress with a velvet leaves pattern, duplicated bodice with cowl-neck, flutter sleeves and overlap above the semi-circular undercut, two sewn-in wide frills along the rear reliefs; with matching silk slip.
Materials
Chiffon
Silk
Origin
circa 1930
United States (US)
Exhibitions 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.