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Evening dress

LANVIN, Paris (couture house), Marie-Blanche de POLIGNAC (designer)
Evening dress
 1947 {summer 1947}

Medium
silk (jersey)

Measurements
145.0 cm (centre back) 34.0 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, right seamline, woven in black on white synthetic fabric: Jeanne Lanvin / PARIS UNIS•FRANCE / 15
printed in red on white synthetic fabric: ÉTÉ 1947
inscribed in pen and ink on white synthetic fabric: 20040

Accession Number
2015.646

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

Physical description
Evening dress in black silk jersey with horizontal draped bodice, crossover panel on hip and vertical drape through skirt panel.

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