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Evening dress and bolero

MISS SARGEANT, Melbourne (dressmaker)
Evening dress and bolero
 1941

Medium
silk (crepe de chine), silk (velvet), metal

Measurements
(a) 38.5 cm (centre back) 24.0 cm (sleeve length) (bolero)
(b) 128.0 cm (centre back) 29.0 cm (waist, flat) (dress)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Jill McLaughlin and Pat Diggerson in memory of their mother Jessie Owens, 2012

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Accession Number
2012.83.a-b

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
Evening dress and bolero of floral printed silk. (a) Bolero with short sleeves with small pads in the sleeve head. Wraps across at front and fastens with two press studs. (b) Sleeveless dress with black velvet shoulder straps. Dress features asymmetrical drapery and fastens with press studs at left side front.

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