Evening gown

Evening gown

Clothes for Women


2025.4.27.12ab.CW.DR.C1893.FR
Description
Two-piece evening dress made of yellow silk faille overlaid with cotton veil, printed with brown and terracotta twigs and leaves. The fitted boned bodice with pointed hem has oval neckline, which cinched with thin ribbons, rear hooks and eyes fastening, pleated to the waist front part, and balloon sleeves with faille cuffs, that cinched by the elbows; the flare skirt is floor-length.
Materials
Faille
Cotton veil
Origin
vers 1893 probably France