Dress
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1900
- Description
Dress of yellow silk velvet with white silk satin scroll pattern. Fitted bodice has low, square neck trimmed with sequin-embroidered net and black velvet ribbon. Shoulder straps covered in fabric flowers; more sequined net trim at upper arms. Voluminous self-fabric skirt. Material in back becomes short, rounded train. Hem lined with chiffon ruffle.
- Creator
House of Worth (Firm) (designer)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Costume (mode of fashion)
Clothing
Main garments
Evening dress (concept)
Dresses (garments)
Evening dresses (garments)
Palmer, Bertha Honoré, 1849-1918 - Location
- Paris (France)
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Chest: (38 in)Waist: (21 in)Waist: (20 in)Hip: (44 in)Length: (39 in)Length: (69 in)Other: (196 in)Other: (9.5 in)Silk (fiber)Velvet (fabric weave)SatinRibbon (material)Rhinestone
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2017, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- House of Worth (Firm) (designer). Dress. 1900. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/807. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- House of Worth (Firm) (designer), (1900) Dress. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/807
- MLA citation style
- House of Worth (Firm) (designer). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/807>.