evening dress

Floor-length green and gold floral brocade dress with gold lace bolero

Expand

Images(6)

Back view of gold floral lace bolero worn over floral brocade dress

Evening dress

Designer Paul Poiret (1879 - 1944)

c. 1927

Polychrome brocade and gold lace

France

Gift of Mrs. Katheryn Colton

Object number74.36.27

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

Collections

1920s

Exhibitions

Faking It: Originals, Copies, and Counterfeits

Fashion & Textile History Gallery First Rotation

Homage to Poiret

Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT