Dress
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1883
- Description
Dress, evening-style, of light blue and white floral silk moiré. Bodice (a) has scooped neckline, pleating at shoulders, three-quarter sleeves. Lace trimming at neckline and cuffs; additional light blue faille trimming at cuffs. Center front button closure. Skirt (b) has pleated front panel. Large light blue faille bow near bottom hem. Large bustle uses the blue and white moir on the proper left side and the blue faille on the proper right; the b...
- Creator
Worth, Charles Frédérick, 1825-1895 (designer)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Costume (mode of fashion)
Clothing
Main garments
Evening dress (concept)
Dresses (garments)
Bodices
Skirts (garments)
Evening dresses (garments) - Location
- Paris (France)
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Silk (fiber)MoiréFailleLace (needlework)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2013, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Worth, Charles Frédérick, 1825-1895 (designer). Dress. 1883. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1377. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Worth, Charles Frédérick, 1825-1895 (designer), (1883) Dress. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1377
- MLA citation style
- Worth, Charles Frédérick, 1825-1895 (designer). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1377>.