Dress
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2022.4.13.2ab.CW.DR.C1879.US
Description
Green silk taffeta visiting dress consisting of two pieces: tailed bodice with 3/4 sleeves, trimmed at the front with gathered lace, fastens at the front with buttons and maxi length skirt gathered at the back with a train.
Materials
Silk taffeta
Lace
Origin
circa 1879
United States
Exhibitions History
• 2022.07.08–2022.11.01. ‘The Beginnings of the Railway in Liepaja (1871–1940). From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Liepaja Museum, Liepaja, Latvia.
• 2023.04.25–2023.10.07. ‘The romance of Travelling. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Šilutė Hugo Sheu Museum (Hugo Sheu Manor), Šilutė, Lithuania.
• 2024.11.13–2025.04.14. ‘So cold.’ Alexandre Vassiliev foundation together with Fashion Museum. Fashion Museum, Riga, Latvia.