Dress

Museum number:
2-63469a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210263469a@2dc
Alternate number:
4047 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Dress A: Lavender silk chiffon evening gown, long bishop sleeves, band showing at shoulders, shawl collar around deep v-neck, darts at center back neck, shirt on bias, intricate snap closing across bodice front down left side. Materials: silk chiffon Colors: Lavender Dimensions: 61” long x 13 1/4 waist doubled. Remarks: Excellent condition although dress has changed color: see cummerbund for original color
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
United States
Verbatim coll. place:
U.S.A
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dresses (garments)
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:
61 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Dress, accession number 2-63469a-c, described as Dress A: Lavender silk chiffon evening gown, long bishop sleeves, band showing at shoulders, shawl collar around deep v-neck, darts at center back neck, shirt on bias, intricate snap closing across bodice front down left side. Materials: silk chiffon Colors: Lavender Dimensions: 61” long x 13 1/4 waist doubled. Remarks: Excellent condition although dress has changed color: see cummerbund for original colorHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Dress, accession number 2-63469a-c, described as Dress A: Lavender silk chiffon evening gown, long bishop sleeves, band showing at shoulders, shawl collar around deep v-neck, darts at center back neck, shirt on bias, intricate snap closing across bodice front down left side. Materials: silk chiffon Colors: Lavender Dimensions: 61” long x 13 1/4 waist doubled. Remarks: Excellent condition although dress has changed color: see cummerbund for original colorHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Dress, accession number 2-63469a-c, described as Dress A: Lavender silk chiffon evening gown, long bishop sleeves, band showing at shoulders, shawl collar around deep v-neck, darts at center back neck, shirt on bias, intricate snap closing across bodice front down left side. Materials: silk chiffon Colors: Lavender Dimensions: 61” long x 13 1/4 waist doubled. Remarks: Excellent condition although dress has changed color: see cummerbund for original color
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 2-63469a-c, described as Dress A: Lavender silk chiffon evening gown, long bishop sleeves, band showing at shoulders, shawl collar around deep v-neck, darts at center back neck, shirt on bias, intricate snap closing across bodice front down left side. Materials: silk chiffon Colors: Lavender Dimensions: 61” long x 13 1/4 waist doubled. Remarks: Excellent condition although dress has changed color: see cummerbund for original colorDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 2-63469a-c, described as Dress A: Lavender silk chiffon evening gown, long bishop sleeves, band showing at shoulders, shawl collar around deep v-neck, darts at center back neck, shirt on bias, intricate snap closing across bodice front down left side. Materials: silk chiffon Colors: Lavender Dimensions: 61” long x 13 1/4 waist doubled. Remarks: Excellent condition although dress has changed color: see cummerbund for original color

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