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Evening dress

MADELEINE VIONNET, Paris (couture house), Madeleine VIONNET (designer)
Evening dress
 1938 {summer 1938}

Medium
silk (crepe satin), metal (buckle), rhinestones

Measurements
160.0 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
Paris, France

Inscription
label, left seamline, printed in purple ink on ivory satin: Madeleine Vionnet (thumbprint)

Accession Number
2015.660

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

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