dress (worn for tea/lunch)- Robin's egg blue/ turquoise crepe de chine, imported from china or in chinese manor, sprays of flowers and stems embroidered in satin stitch in white and pale blue, elbow length sleeves. center panel on bodice is embroidered net in brown and natural heavy geometric design. Center from skirt panel of fillet lace embroidered netting with 7 petal floral design done n heavy satin stitch. Top and bottom of high neck edged with rickrack-esque, cloth pendulants on either shoulder with "Asian" inspired cording tassels. Decorative cording suspending 'baubles', 2 at waist fastens with hooks and eyes. Same embroidered lace forming upward 'v' in back 4 baubles from waist. 2 circular ornaments with knotted cords.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Europe, unspecified
Verbatim coll. place:
Europe
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dresses (garments)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)