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Panne velvet dress

Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2019.1.25.13.CW.DR.C1930.US
Author:
Franklin Simon & Co. (American, 1902-1979)
Description
Black panne velvet midi dress with gathered boat-neckline, piped with a beige silk and embroidered with micro- and regular silver glass beads and rhinestones in snowflakes pattern. The dress has waist undercut of the bodice, pointed up at front, rear slit to the waist, elbow-length sleeves with gathered caps and thin cuffs and cut-off bias-cut skirt.
Materials
Silk panne velvet
Silk chiffon
Bugle beads
Rhinestones
Origin
circa 1930 New York, the USA
Related object
Belt buckle
Related person
Franklin Simon & Co. (American, 1902-1979) (creator)
Exhibition History
2019.04.02–2019.05.02. ‘Elegancy of 1930s. Moldovian and Romanian style icons. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ National Museum of History of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova