Ball gown
Clothes for Women
2021.12.17.10ab.CW.DR.C1895.FR
Author
House of Laferrière (French, 1869 - 1913)Description
Haute couture evening dress consisting of a bodice and a skirt, in ivory colour silk covered with floral lace. The bodice has short puffy balloon chiffon sleeves with lace inserts, aqua green silk satin sewn belt accentuates the waistline, and the front and back are embellished with bugle beaded embroideries, round matte glass beads, forming petals of stylized flowers in silver thread frames with silver sequins and tiny glass beads. The shoulders are decorated with rhinestones, and in the center of the round neckline, there is a large beaded rhinestone bow, ending with tassels with pear shaped transparent glass beads. Asymmetrical length skirt is lined with ivory silk overlayered with chiffon and lace, and has two large horizontal stripes of green silk on the bottom, covered with lace.Materials
Silk satinSilk chiffon
Lace
Glass beads
Rhinestones
Silver thread
Sequins