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Evening dress

HICKS, ATKINSON & SONS PTY LTD, Melbourne (retailer)
Evening dress
 1919-1920

Medium
silk, cotton, gelatine (sequins), glass (beads)

Measurements
114.2 cm (centre back) 40.5 cm (waist, flat)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Irene Mitchell, 1975

Gallery location
Gallery 8
Level 2, NGV Australia

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
label, centre back, woven in blue on white silk: Hicks Atkinson and Sons Pty Ltd / (emblem) / Collins St Melbourne (t underlined)

Accession Number
D19-1975

Department
Australian 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
Black evening dress with short sleeves of silk and net, decorated bodice of net, short tunic top of faux jet beads, irridescent sequins silk skirt.

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