76.113.3

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Exoticism_15 Left to right 76.113.3 (dress), 82.55.2 (black dress), 82.164.166 (textile wall)

Fabric_11 Left to right 90.190.11 (coat), 76.113.3 (evening dress), 2015.42.1 (dress)

Fabric_10 Left to right P87.40.2 (textile wall), 2009.11.1 (dress), P93.6.1 (dress), 80.1.4 (robe), P92.34.8 (textile wall), 78.22.1 (textile wall), 90.190.11 (coat), 76.113.3 (evening dress), 2015.42.1 (dress), X321.59C (textile wall)

Fabric_09 Left to right 2009.11.1 (dress), P93.6.1 (silk dress), 80.1.4 (robe), P92.34.8 (textile wall), 78.22.1 (textile wall), 90.190.11 (coat), 76.113.3 (dress), X321.59C (textile wall)

Object: Dress

Brand: Traina-Norell (American, 1941 - 1960)

Designer: Norell (1900 - 1972)

Date: c. 1955

Medium: Silk, multicolor and metallic embroidery

Country: USA

Credit Line: Gift of Mildred Morton

Object number: 76.113.3

DescriptionLong dinner dress in richly embroidered light green silk with multicolor and gold metallic floral design; sleeveless with bateau neck, full skirt; matching belt, coordinating full length flared half slip

Label Text:The full skirt and streamlined bodice of this dress provide the perfect medium to showcase this opulent fabric. Light blue silk is woven with an intricate Indo-Chinese floral brocade reminiscent of eighteenth-century bizarre silks. Norell enhances an otherwise casual bateau neckline and short sleeves with an elaborate trim similar to that found on saris. He demonstrates a keen sense for combining day and evening elements, producing in turn a garment that Vogue called "as exquisite a dress as any women in the world could own." Norell takes an imaginative approach to the romantic historicism and exclusive luxury that characterized eveningwear of the 1950s.

Exhibitions:

Norman Norell
Fabric In Fashion
Exoticism