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Evening dress.

Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2019.1.30.2ab.CW.DR.C1932.US
Author:
Harry Boorstein Inc. (American, active in 1920-1930s)
Description
Yellow cotton tulle dress with a bolero-shaped bodice trimmed with tulle ruffles along the hem and armholes; the skirt, stitched onto the bodice with zigzag, with a thin yellow ribbon at waistband, rear tied; a tone-on-tone silk muslin slip with spaghetti straps.
Materials
Tulle
Silk muslin
Origin
circa 1932 – 1933 United States
Related object
Evening clutch
Exhibitions History
2016.10.24 –2017.04.18. ‘Elegancy of 1930s.’ Fashion Museum, Riga, Latvia.
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, Moldovaova
• 2025.05.20–2025.10.26. ‘Fashion and silhouettes: from Classicism to Modernism. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Daugyvenė museum-reserve of cultural history (Burbiškis Manor), Radviliškis district, Lithuania.