Object: Evening dress
Designer:
Vionnet
(1876 - 1975)
Date: 1936
Medium: Black silk taffeta
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Carole K. Newman
Object number: 80.249.2
DescriptionSleeveless evening dress in black silk taffeta; square front, V-back with shawl effect from twist at shoulders, and draped bow effect at right shoulder; floor length, shaped with bias cut front panel and diamond-shaped back insert, multiple tiered flounces around sides and back, extending to demi-train
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Fashioning the Modern Woman: The Art of the Couturiere, 1919-1939
- Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions from the 1930s