Tea gown
Designer
Fernande Burel
c. 1900
Off white silk crimped chiffon with red and green carnation print, china silk, and lace
Museum purchase
Object number2003.12.1
The tea gown became "an indispensable element in all elegant wardrobes," according to Les Modes (1901). Class distinctions were also manifested by an elaborate system of dressing for bourgeois women, whose daily attire often included a morning dress, a tailored suit, and an evening dress.
DescriptionTea gown in off white silk crimped chiffon with red and green carnation print, pieced with bands of lace forming chevron at F and B bodice and train, and vertical CF panel; knotted chiffon panels and front pompoms; V-neck F and B, full sleeves shirred into lace trimmed wide cuff; china silk underdressCollections
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