Object: Evening dress
Date: c. 1927
Medium: Silk taffeta, net, and bugle beads
Country: USA
Credit Line: In memory of their aunt Hilda Feldman Dickinson
Object number: 81.159.2
DescriptionDress; bias cut black silk taffeta, black net and silver bugle beads; oval neck; back and front neck V shape net yokes with decorative triangular tabs, bugle beads at back, taffeta front; front shoulder dart; long sleeve with pointed cap; shaped elbow area in black net and geometric bugle beading; four button and loop taffeta cuff; self belt with center front buckle at slightly raised waistline; irregularly shaped bias panels at hip; knee length flared skirt
Label Text:Alluring sleeves could enliven the otherwise straight silhouettes of 1920s dresses. Sleeves with insets of contrasting materials could be found throughout the decade, yet this design—in which panels of densely beaded net form an exaggerated bishop shape—is unusual. Although not a stereotypical “flapper” dress, it was made for movement.
Exhibitions:
- Statement Sleeves