Object: Dress
Designer:
Vionnet
(1876 - 1975)
Date: c. 1932
Medium: Cotton and silk crepe de chine
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Genia Graves
Object number: 69.159.2
DescriptionLong, flared evening dress in orange openwork cotton, pieced and shaped with small diamond cut pieces stitched at points, leaving triangular spaces; bodice with modified sweetheart neckline, deep scoop back and flared cap sleeves; long camisole style slip in orange silk crepe de chine
Label Text:Madeleine Vionnet’s cotton, lace-like fabric is the result of subtle, meticulous handwork, in which each tiny, ovoid hole was overcast with miniscule, evenly calibrated stitches. Vionnet conceived the papillon sleeves and circular skirt using precise, mathematical patterns, a practice that was a hallmark of the great designer’s method.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT
- Fashioning the Modern Woman: The Art of the Couturiere, 1919-1939
- Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions from the 1930s