Dress

Museum number:
7-7185
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070007185
Alternate number:
2720 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Evening gown. Materials: Silk, rhinestones, jet . Chiffron and satin with velvet hobble. Techniques: Chiffon and satin with velvet hobble; cream lace open sleeves; simulated buckle; plain weave underdress; "red cress" doll pin. Colors: Black, cream; blue ribbon; white underdress. Dimensions: 7.5 inch sleeves. 59 inches long, with trim.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Europe
Verbatim coll. place:
Europe?
Culture or time period:
European
Collector:
Walter Perry Johnson
Materials:
Glass (material), Linen (material), 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:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
length 54 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Dress, accession number 7-7185, described as Evening gown. Materials: Silk, rhinestones, jet . Chiffron and satin with velvet hobble. Techniques: Chiffon and satin with velvet hobble; cream lace open sleeves; simulated buckle; plain weave underdress; "red cress" doll pin. Colors: Black, cream; blue ribbon; white underdress. Dimensions: 7.5 inch sleeves. 59 inches long, with trim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Dress, accession number 7-7185, described as Evening gown. Materials: Silk, rhinestones, jet . Chiffron and satin with velvet hobble. Techniques: Chiffon and satin with velvet hobble; cream lace open sleeves; simulated buckle; plain weave underdress; "red cress" doll pin. Colors: Black, cream; blue ribbon; white underdress. Dimensions: 7.5 inch sleeves. 59 inches long, with trim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 7-7185, described as Evening gown. Materials: Silk, rhinestones, jet . Chiffron and satin with velvet hobble. Techniques: Chiffon and satin with velvet hobble; cream lace open sleeves; simulated buckle; plain weave underdress; "red cress" doll pin. Colors: Black, cream; blue ribbon; white underdress. Dimensions: 7.5 inch sleeves. 59 inches long, with trim.

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