Dress

Clothes for Women

Inventory number
2019.7.30.14.CW.DR.C1926.FR
Author:
House of Lanvin (French, founded 1889)
Description
Black taffeta dress with rhinestone and seed-beaded trompe l'oeil bow to the bodice front, shirring to waist, tulle puff sleeves, the hem faced in ivory taffeta, with integral black taffeta hooped panniers.
Material
Taffeta
Origin
circa 1926 Paris, France
Related object
Morning dress
Related person
House of Lanvin (French, founded 1889) (creator)
Exhibitions History
• 2018.09.20–2019.08.20. ‘Magicians of Parisian fashion. 1920–1999. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2023.10.21–2024.05.07. ‘Black, white, red.’ Alexandre Vassiliev foundation together with Fashion Museum. Fashion Museum, Riga, Latvia.