74.36.27

Images (6)

Faking_It_13 Left to right 2013.3.1 (shoes case), 78.222.2 (comb case), P87.20.30 (comb case), 67.127.1 (dress), 82.205.2 (valance wall), 82.205.1A (textile wall), 74.36.27 (gold dress), 2014.40.1 (coat), 76.125.1 (dress), 78.237.7 (black dress), 2013.5.2 (dress), 81.61.10 (red coat), 2003.102.1 (dress), 72.54.2 (orange dress)

Faking_It_15 82.205.2 (valance wall), 82.205.1 (textile wall), 74.36.27 (gold dress), 2014.40.1 (coat)

Exhibitionism_21Left to right 74.36.29 (ensemble), 74.36.27 (dress), 69.160.3 (cape)

Faking_It_02 Left to right 2013.3.1 (shoes case), 78.222.2 (comb case), P87.20.30 (comb case), 67.127.1 (dress), 74.36.27 (gold dress), 2014.40.1 (coat), 76.125.1 (dress), 82.205.2 (valance wall), 82.205.1A (textile wall)

Object: Evening dress

Designer: Paul Poiret (1879 - 1944)

Date: c. 1927

Medium: Polychrome brocade and gold lace

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Katheryn Colton

Object number: 74.36.27

DescriptionPersian fancy dress costume; Dress in green toned floral brocade shot with gold, blue, light purple and peach pink; Coarse band of gold lace in scroll design borders bolero of fine gold lace

In Collection(s)

1920s

Exhibitions:

Fashion & Textile History Gallery First Rotation
Faking It: Originals, Copies, and Counterfeits
Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT
Homage to Poiret