Suit
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2019.1.31.2ab.CW.DR.C1930.FRAuthor:
House of Worth (French, 1858-1956, 1999-)Description
Chocolate-brown crepe de chine evening suit and capelet trimmed with red fox fur along the edge. The capelet has undercut details on the foreparts, three forming darts on each shoulder, a draped and twisted scarf attached at the rear neck threaded through the loop at the back and tied in a bow at front. The slightly flared bias-cut skirt fitted with a two-color grosgrain ribbon, has rear hook-and-eye fastening and triangular yoke, that sewn into the rear central seam under the waistline.Materials
SilkFox fur
Origin
circa 1930Related person
House of Worth (French, 1858-1956, 1999-) (creator)Exhibitions History
• 2016.10.24–2017.04.18. ‘Elegancy of 1930s. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Fashion Museum, Riga, Latvia. October 24, 2016 – April 18, 2017. ‘Elegancy of 1930s.’ 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.