Evening dress
1935
autumn-winter 1935
Medium
silk (velvet, taffeta)
Measurements
152.0 cm (centre back) 41.0 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
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
France
Inscription
label, left seamline, printed in orange ink on ivory silk: Madeleine Vionnet (thumbprint) inscribed in pen and ink: 59423
Accession Number
2015.658
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
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