Evening dress
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2021.11.3.5.CW.DR.C1920.FRAuthor:
BAB (French (Russian origin), Paris active in 1920th)Description
Sleeveless evening dress with a bodice made of double-layer beige tulle with a wide oval neckline and a raspberry velvet skirt. The bodice is pointed and side opened to the hips, intercepted with red velour ribbons by the chest line and embroidered with transparent beads and glass beads in circles, along the neckline and armholes it is decorated with a row of transparent rhinestones. The skirt has a drapery of slightly lighter colored velvet in the right seam, fastened on the left side with hooks.Materials
ChiffonVeluor
Beads
Rhinestones
Origin
circa 1920 Paris, FranceExhibitions History
• 2015.07.15 - 2015.10.25. "Invitation to the centenary ball 1915-2015", Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga,Latvia• 2015.11.10 - 2016.11.18. "Invitation to the centenary ball 1915-2015" Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania
• 2019.03.03–2019.05.30. ‘Invitation to the Ball. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ National History Museum, Minsk, Belarus.
• 2021.12.03–2022.01.15. ‘Invitation to the Ball. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Visaginas culture center, Visaginas, Lithuania.