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Afternoon dress

JEAN PATOU, Paris (fashion house), Jean PATOU (designer)
Afternoon dress
 (c. 1930-1935)

Medium
synthetic fabric

Measurements
165.0 cm (centre back) 36.5 cm (waist, flat)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty and the Campbell-Pretty Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2017

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Inscription
label, centre back seamline, woven in pink on white silk fabric: Jean Patou / PARIS

Accession Number
2017.598

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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