Evening dress
Category
Costume
Date
1925 - 1930
Materials
Silk georgette, sequins, glass beads.
Measurements
1040 x 470 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604393
Summary
A woman's evening dress made from cream silk georgette. The knee-length, sleeveless dress has a plain bib, with a single line of gold bugle beads in a wavy line across the bottom of the bust. The remainder of the skirt is extensively decorated with gold sequins and gold and bronze beading in a vertical stylised floral motif, with small matching georgette petals stitched to the dress in between the rows of beading and around the lower hem, designed to flutter when moving. The dress has a scalloped hem, is unlined and has no fastenings.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs A.Dark and Mrs M.Collinson.