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Evening dress

JEAN PATOU, Paris (couture house), Jean PATOU (designer)
Evening dress
 (c. 1923)

Medium
silk (lace, crepe, satin, chiffon), metallic thread

Measurements
126.0 cm (centre back) 40.5 cm (waist, flat)

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, right seamline, woven in pink on ivory silk: CANNES / MONTE CARLO / Jean Patou / BIARRITZ / 7. Rue St Florentin PARIS
inscribed in pen and ink on ivory silk on reserve: no68607

Accession Number
2015.642

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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