Object: Dress
Brand:
Paquin
(French, 1891 - 1956)
Date: c. 1946
Medium: Pink rayon and black net with black sequins and jet bugle beads
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Rosita Montenegro De Haan
Object number: 76.172.1
DescriptionPink rayon satin Spanish type dance dress; V front neck and deeper U back; wired extended cap shoulder and pseudo bolero embroidered with black sequins and have ball dangles on edges of sequins and jet bugle beads; long torso fitted bodice; circular flare skirt is veiled with gathered black net embroidered with sequin flowers and headed with row of sequins; petticoat in royal blue stiffened gauze three graduated hem flounces and two under flounces; bodice backed with cotton muslin; back zipper. Royal blue crepe dancer's panties with elasticized waist; self ruffle around legs; cotton backing; left side zipper.
Exhibitions:
- Dance and Fashion