Dress with a belt
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2019.1.31.14ab.CW.DR.C1933.XXDescription
Rust-colored textured silk dress with Art-Deco style trimming in ivory silk brocade printed with daisies, lilies of the valley and roses. The dress has short raglan sleeves, trimmed with brocade cuffs, the neckline and a fly-away yoke bordered with brocade (the yoke edge repeats the shape of the neckline), the rear neck is raised and flows into the shoulders, connecting at front with a silk crosspiece, intercepted in the middle. The slightly flared skirt has large zigzag sewn-on gores in the lower third, forming a godet shape. Goes with the same fabric belt with two bakelite shell-shaped buckles.Materials
SilkSilk brocade
Origin
circa 1933 Western EuropeExhibitions 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.• 2019.07.25–2019.09.29. ‘Interwar Resort Fashion. 1918–1938. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Pamarys Gallery of the Lithuanian Art Museum, Juodkrante, Neringa, Lithuania.
• 2021.06.22–2021.09.19. ‘Reflecting the Sun. 150 years of Resort Fashion. In cooperation with Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Pärnu Museum, Pärnu, Estonia.