Object: Evening dress
Date: 1941
Medium: Fuchsia silk crepe, jet seed beads, and sequins
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Theodora Pierce
Object number: 87.70.3
DescriptionEvening dress in fuchsia crepe with black insect fly pattern in jet seed beads and sequins; high neck surplice bodice, padded shoulders, long sleeves; CB zipper, 6 self-covered buttons (one missing) and loop back neck closing
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Fashion and Surrealism
- She's like a Rainbow: Colors in Fashion
- Fashioning the Modern Woman: The Art of the Couturiere, 1919-1939