Summer cocktail dress

Clothes for Women

Inventory number
2020.1.7.2.CW.DR.C1946.FR
Author:
House of Ardanse (French (Russian origin), 1924 - 1946)
Description
Dress in wild silk with golden brown tone leaf motifs on a yellow silk background, entirely handmade, corset bodice with baleens, underskirt in large tulle and sheath in cream satin.
Materials
Silk
Tulle
Metal
Origin
circa 1946 France

Exhibition History
• 2020.01.21–2021.01.21. ‘Aristocracy at the Helm of Fashion. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania.