COLLECTION NAME:
History of Costume
Record
Title:
Dinner Dress
Author:
Jeanne Button and Stephen Sbarge
Date:
ca. 1877
Description:
From Changing Fashions. Silver blue and pale peach striped silk was pleated, puffed, knotted, looped, twisted and draped to confect this dinner dress. Further elaboration was added in the form of gold silk taffeta ruching, machine-made lace, silk tulle, gold-beaded buttons, and frosted-glass baubles...This dress also illustrates the eclectic taste of the late Victorians. Neckline, sleeve length and cuff treatment are based on mid-eighteenth century models, the design of the skirt on the late seventeenth century examples, and the slashed sleeves on sixteenth century garments
Subject:
Costume -- History ;Bustles ;Evening gowns
Subject.AAT:
Evening dress (concept)
Current Repository:
Brooklyn Museum
Style/Period:
Bustle: 1865-1890
Collection Title:
History of Costume
Publisher.Location:
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
Publisher:
Slide Presentations
Date.Published:
copyright 1975
Image.Date:
2007
Image.Publisher:
University of Nebraska, Architecture Visual Resources Collection
Collection information:
Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
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