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Afternoon dress

SCHIAPARELLI, Paris (couture house), Elsa SCHIAPARELLI (designer)
Afternoon dress
 1946 {summer 1946}

Medium
rayon (crepe)

Measurements
115.5 cm (centre back) 34.5 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
© Courtesy of Schiaparelli, Paris

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
France

Inscription
label, along centre back seam, printed in ink on white synthetic fabric: ÉTÉ 1946 / Schiaparelli / 21. Place vendôme Paris
inscribed in ink on white synthetic fabric on reverse: 8740008/46?

Accession Number
2015.685

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

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