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Wedding gown

Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2021.10.27.9.CW.DR.C1915.US
Author:
Balcom (American, early 20th century)
Description
Beaded silk wedding gown with metallic brocade train. Cream chiffon decorated with crystal beads, tiny silver barbell and iridescent sequins over charmeuse with wide bands of metallic silver conjoined pinwheel devices, rectangular train.
Family oral history: metallic fabric was woven for the 1912 Ghent Expostion.
Materials
Silk
Brocade
Beads
Origin
circa 1915 New York, US
Exhibition History
• 2021.12.03–2022.01.15. ‘Invitation to the Ball. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Visaginas culture center, Visaginas, Lithuania.