Evening Dress

Date1910-1912

Terms

Dresses
Crepe
Lace
Silk Fiber
Pearl
Beads

Credit LineGift of Dolores Lyon (Mrs. Robert Lyon)

Object numberCOS81.104

DescriptionEvening dress. Pink crepe, long slim skirt, bodice has vertical pleating over shoulders, short sleeves and lace insert decorated with pearls and bugle beads front and back; lace trim on sleeves; wide boned belt with pearl and bead trim. Pink silk: 1 piece evening dress of pink silk (chiffon, georgette?). Natural waist has sash, "V" detail to bodice is lace and beaded. Titanic-esque. Back waistline has beaded "buckle" motif. Dress fastens up back. Beads are: bugle beads, seed pearls, barrel beads.

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