Object: Dress
Brand:
Liberty of London
(British, founded 1875)
Date: c. 1910
Medium: Silk velvet
Country: England
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: P90.83.2
DescriptionBrown silk velvet dress with round neck, embroidered; smocked yoke, short shirred sleeves with pleated cuffs; smocked waist with double buttons, long skirt
Label Text:Designed to meet standards of comfort and beauty, this dress’ smocked yoke and waist ensure a comfortable fit. Embroidery techniques such as smocking referenced the anti-industrialist attitudes of the Arts and Crafts Movement and associated Liberty’s garments with handmade craftsmanship. Liberty’s dresses were desired by Aesthetes, intellectuals, and bohemians well into the twentieth century.
Exhibitions:
- London Fashion
- Fashion & Politics
- The Body: Fashion and Physique