Dress
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2020.3.9.11ab.CW.SU.C1936.DK
Author:
Magasin du Nord (Danish, founded 1868)
Description
A dusty-pink crepe de chine evening gown with bolero applied with silk violets. A sleeveless bolero without fastening has applique on the right forepart. A floor-length dress with a cut-off waist has a narrow stand-up collar, a rear fastening to the waist with eight covered buttons and slit loops, short sleeves, which are tapered to the cuffs with two darts and a curved undercut at the waist with three folds on each side of the bodice. A straight skirt has a sewn-in gore at front, horizontal hip undercuts at front, which are turned into a figured rear U-shaped undercut, a fly-away train is sewn into this undercut, folded at the top into six partially stitched folds. The dress is fitted with the darts, fastened with 11 covered buttons with hanging loops by the left side and applied with the violets at the waist.
Material
Crepe
Origin
circa 1936
Copenhagen, Denmark
Related object
Summer dress
