Dress
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2020.4.21.1.CW.DR.C1939.SE
Author:
AB Vitvaruindustri Abeve (Swedish, 1914 – after 1955)
Description
White crepe de chine full-length summer party dress with red and blue printed flowers, that surrounded with yellow petals with red and brown stripes on them. The sleeveless bodice with a Queen Anne neckline and a cape, that rear draped, bordered with a ruffle and covering shoulders, ; and waist cut-off sheath skirt to the floor with center front folds and rear zip fastening.
Material
Silk crepe
Origin
circa 1939
Boras, Sweden
Exhibitions History
• 2019.07.24–2020.03.03. ‘The Fashion during the War. 1938–1945. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum ‘Liepaja occupation regimes’, Liepaja, Latvia.
