Look 21, dress
2008-2009 {Pure glamour collection autumn-winter 2008-–09}
Medium
silk (faille), plastic (ornaments), metal (fastenings)
Measurements
93.0 cm (centre back) 38.0 cm (waist, flat)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2019
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
label, left neckline, woven in black on white synthetic fabric: Christian Dior / PARIS
Accession Number
2019.482
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
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Joseph WRIGHT of Derby
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Anguish
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The first cloud
William Quiller ORCHARDSON
Johann Friedrich Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, plaque
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Top
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Calvary
FLANDERS; Jan BRUEGHEL I (studio of)
Chair
Carlo BUGATTI
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Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera)
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GUCCI, Florence (fashion house)
Cabinet
W. H. ROCKE & CO., Melbourne (manufacturer); John MATHER (decorator)
BROCADE
Coffee pot
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Scaramouche and Columbine
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Mary, Lady Vere
William LARKIN
October
Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE
Sampler
Margaret FOSTER
Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q
EGYPT, el-Amarna
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SEAT
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Armchair, from the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna
Otto WAGNER (designer); GEBRÜDER THONET, Vienna (manufacturer)
Banner
ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer)
Black bunny ears hat
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