Evening dress
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2019.5.23.6.CW.DR.C1953.FRAuthor:
House of Paquin (French, Paris 1891–1956)Description
Rose printed silk muslin ball gown.From the wardrobe of Marquise de la Fressange, born Cecilia Eulogia Josefina Sanchez-Cirez but called "Lita" Sanchez-Cirez. From Argentine origin, she is a close relative of the two presidents of the Republic of Colombia Alfonso López Pumarejo and Alfonso López Michelsen. Cecilia worked as a model at the fashion show and particular for Guy Laroche before marrying in 1955 with André Jean Bernard De Seignard De La Fressange and becoming Marquise de la Fressange. She is the mother of the famous French model Inès de La Fressange.
Material
Silk muslinOrigin
circa 1953 Paris, FranceRelated person
House of Paquin (French, Paris 1891–1956) (creator)Exhibitions History
• 2016.07.13–2016.10.16. ‘Tamed Nature. 18th–21st Century. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia.• 2016.12.01–2017.11.01. ‘Tamed Nature. 18th–21st century. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2018.06.04–2018.12.02. ‘Resort of the fashion from Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection. Fashion from 18th to 20th century.’ Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan.
• 2020.06.01–2020.10.30. ‘Fashion and Nature. 1785–2005. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Silute Hugo Sheu Museum (Hugo Sheu Manor), Silutė, Lithuania.