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Evening dress

MAGGY ROUFF, Paris (couture house), Maggy BESANÇON DE WAGNER (designer)
Evening dress
 (c. 1940)

Medium
rayon

Measurements
152.0 cm (centre back) 36.0 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

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
France

Inscription
label, woven in black on ivory silk: MAGGY / ROUFF (underlined) / Av. des Champs-Elysées / 136. PARIS .136

Accession Number
2015.666

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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