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Afternoon dress

CALLOT SOEURS, Paris (couture house), Marie CALLOT GERBER (designer)
Afternoon dress
 (c. 1900)

Medium
silk (taffeta, chenille, lining), lace

Measurements
(a) 46.0 cm (centre back) 68.5 cm (sleeve length) (jacket)
(b) 119.5 cm (centre back) 25.5 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)
(c) 121.0 cm (centre back) 25.0 cm (waist, flat) (underskirt)

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
(a) label, centre front waistline, printed in gold ink on ivory gros-grain silk ribbon: Callot. / PARIS

Accession Number
2015.584.a-c

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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