Evening dress
Category
Costume
Date
1930
Materials
Crepe georgette, Lace, Metal, Rayon
Collection
Killerton, Devon
NT 1363365
Summary
Long evening dress of black and peach-pink machine lace over black rayon and peach crepe georgette; upper bodice in peach, V neck with triangular insertion, straight neck at back, meeting main black body of dress with vandyke zig zag junction; main part of dress with high inverted V waistline, bais cut gored skirt; long sleeves of peach crepe, pintucked at shoulder and with hanging flounce of peach and black lace; pintucked into cuff at wrist fastening with press stud. 1930 (circa)
Provenance
belonged to donor's maternal grandmother or possibly great-grandmother.