Evening gown
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2019.1.26.1ab.CW.DR.C1930.FR
Author:
House of Lucien Lelong (French, 1921 - 1952)
Description
A pale grey-green dress with a bolero jacket, a sleeveless dress with a straight bodice, a waist is marked with a sewn-in belt, a godet bias-cut skirt; a longsleeved jacket lined in matching velvet, with a semicircular cape, tied with a bow at the neck, sewn-on belt, which fastens with one large covered button. The dress and jacket formed from joined strips of silk forming tabs at the neck, hips and shoulders.
Materials
Silk
Panne velvet
Origin
1930 – 1932
Paris, France
Exhibition History
• 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.