Dress

Clothes for Women

Inventory number
2019.1.18.18ac.CW.DR.C1933.US
Description
Evening ensemble made of black crushed chiffon with beige floral print dress with long flared sleeves, deep U-neck with swing drapery, cut-off by the waist four-gore skirt – two gores sewn in arcs by the sides. Has separate black chiffon belt with two white metal and rhinestones clip buckles and black stiff silk underdress on straps with an oval insert on the chest and two oval fly-away plastrons at the hem made of main chiffon.
Material
Silk crepe
Origin
circa 1933 United States

Exhibitions History
2016.10.24–2017.04.18. ‘Elegancy of 1930s. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Fashion Museum, Riga, Latvia.
2019.04.02–2019.05.02. ‘Elegancy of 1930s. Moldovian and Romanian style icons. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ The National Museum of History of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova.