Dress

Museum number:
2-63489a-c
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2726 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
(a) Evening gown (b) bow with buckle (c) puff sleeve Materials: Silk, metal, and rhinestone buckle, glass beads, sequins Techniques: Thin plain weave, lace, ribbon, beads, sequin trim over taffeta. (b) satin bow (c) chiffon and satin sleeve. Colors: (a) Pink (b) Pink with tarnished metal (c) Pink Dimensions: (a) 7 1/2” sleeve; 55 1/2” length (b) 9” length (c) 10” long Remarks: Buckle was probably once sewn on dress; Sleeve may not be from this garment. Very deteriorated underskirt.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
United States
Verbatim coll. place:
U.S.A.?
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Metal, Metal (silk, lace, sequins, metal), and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dresses (garments) and Lace (needlework)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 56 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Dress, accession number 2-63489a-c, described as (a) Evening gown (b) bow with buckle (c) puff sleeve Materials: Silk, metal, and rhinestone buckle, glass beads, sequins Techniques: Thin plain weave, lace, ribbon, beads, sequin trim over taffeta. (b) satin bow (c) chiffon and satin sleeve. Colors: (a) Pink (b) Pink with tarnished metal (c) Pink Dimensions: (a) 7 1/2” sleeve; 55 1/2” length (b) 9” length (c) 10” long Remarks: Buckle was probably once sewn on dress; Sleeve may not be from this garment. Very deteriorated underskirt.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Dress, accession number 2-63489a-c, described as (a) Evening gown (b) bow with buckle (c) puff sleeve Materials: Silk, metal, and rhinestone buckle, glass beads, sequins Techniques: Thin plain weave, lace, ribbon, beads, sequin trim over taffeta. (b) satin bow (c) chiffon and satin sleeve. Colors: (a) Pink (b) Pink with tarnished metal (c) Pink Dimensions: (a) 7 1/2” sleeve; 55 1/2” length (b) 9” length (c) 10” long Remarks: Buckle was probably once sewn on dress; Sleeve may not be from this garment. Very deteriorated underskirt.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 2-63489a-c, described as (a) Evening gown (b) bow with buckle (c) puff sleeve Materials: Silk, metal, and rhinestone buckle, glass beads, sequins Techniques: Thin plain weave, lace, ribbon, beads, sequin trim over taffeta. (b) satin bow (c) chiffon and satin sleeve. Colors: (a) Pink (b) Pink with tarnished metal (c) Pink Dimensions: (a) 7 1/2” sleeve; 55 1/2” length (b) 9” length (c) 10” long Remarks: Buckle was probably once sewn on dress; Sleeve may not be from this garment. Very deteriorated underskirt.

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