Day dress
Category
Costume
Date
1920
Materials
Silk, Silk crepe de chine
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Killerton, Devon
NT 1363360.1
Summary
Part of a day dress, jacket and belt of cream silk crepe de chine with strip insertions of pale apple-green silk. Dress; pullover, straight-cut, V neck, sleeveless, front eased into shoulder panels pair pentagonal patch pockets at front hips with double inverted box pleats at hips; green strip edging to neck, armholes, pockets and insertion panel to back bodice. 1920 (circa)
Provenance
worn by donor's mother possibly made by lady's maid.
Exhibition history
Unflappable - Fashioning the 1920s, Killerton, 2025