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Day dress

WORTH, Paris (couture house), Jean-Philippe WORTH (designer)
Day dress
 (c. 1895)

Medium
wool, silk (satin), cotton (net, tulle), glass (beads)

Measurements
(a) 45.0 cm (centre back) 28.0 cm (waist, flat) (bodice)
(b) 109.5 cm (centre back) 30.5 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Mrs Krystyna Campbell-Pretty in memory of Mr Harold Campbell-Pretty, 2015

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Inscription
label, inside centre back, woven in black on black silk: WORTH / PARIS

Accession Number
2015.689.a-b

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

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

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