Object: Evening dress
Designer:
Jacques Griffe
(1909 - 1996)
Date: c. 1958
Medium: Lurex® matelassé
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Joe Simms
Object number: 80.21.7
DescriptionDress; silver and gold matelasse in leafy pattern; boat neckline; back bodice bloused at waist; sides open to waist; front bodice fitted with french waist dart; three gore skirt with diagonal seam lines at sides; three pleats at either side front and back waist; ivory cotton backing; concealed left side front and closing; left shoulder hook closing. Slip; white net and taffeta; side bodice panels of matching matelasse; gathered skirt of net lined in ivory crepe; center back zipper closing. Matching belt.
Label Text:This dress features an early Lurex® matelassé, a jacquard-woven textile with twisted crepe yarns that pucker to create raised, quilted effects. Lurex®, invented in 1946, is a yarn of aluminum between plastic films. It is lighter than lamé, does not tarnish, and is strong enough for complex weaves, facilitating new metallic fabrics.
Exhibitions:
- Fabric In Fashion