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Evening dress.

Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2019.1.30.2ab.CW.DR.C1932.US
Author:
Harry Boorstein Inc. (American, active in 1920-1930s)
Description
Yellow cotton tulle dress with a bolero-shaped bodice trimmed with tulle ruffles along the hem and armholes; the skirt, stitched onto the bodice with zigzag, with a thin yellow ribbon at waistband, rear tied; a tone-on-tone silk muslin slip with spaghetti straps.
Materials
Tulle
Silk muslin
Origin
circa 1932 – 1933 United States
Related object
Evening clutch
Exhibitions History
• 2016.10.24 –2017.04.18. ‘Elegancy of 1930s.’ Fashion Museum, Riga, Latvia.
• 2019.04.02–2019.05.02. ‘Elegancy of 1930s. Moldovian and Romanian style icons. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ National Museum of History of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldovaova
• 2025.05.20–2025.10.26. ‘Fashion and silhouettes: from Classicism to Modernism. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Daugyvenė museum-reserve of cultural history (Burbiškis Manor), Radviliškis district, Lithuania.