Dress
Brand
Liberty of London
(British, founded 1875)
c. 1910
Silk velvet
Museum purchase
Object numberP90.83.2
Designed to meet standards of comfort and beauty, this dress’ smocked yoke and waist ensure a comfortable fit. Embroidery techniques such as smocking referenced the anti-industrialist attitudes of the Arts and Crafts Movement and associated Liberty’s garments with handmade craftsmanship. Liberty’s dresses were desired by Aesthetes, intellectuals, and bohemians well into the twentieth century.
DescriptionBrown silk velvet dress with round neck, embroidered; smocked yoke, short shirred sleeves with pleated cuffs; smocked waist with double buttons, long skirtCollections
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