Day dress
(c. 1910)
Medium
silk, silk (tulle), glass (beads), wool (lining), metal (weight)
Measurements
206.0 cm (cente back) 33.0 cm (waist, flat)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of David Barber and Jane Fitzherbert (nee Barber), grandchildren of Maggie Barber, 2020
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
label, centre back waistline, printed in gold ink on white cotton: Lucie Crane / 219 Oxford Street London W
Accession Number
2020.692
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
Physical description
Black empire line dress featuring a sheer embroidered bodice with net sleeves over a narrow black silk satin skirt. The bodice has a squared neckline is lined with cream silk and sits above a wide band of black satin with a large rosette at proper right, to which drapery is fastened. The skirt falls in a narrow column to end in an assymetrical train.