Evening gown (two pieces)
(c. 1892)
Medium
moiré, tulle, silk, jet
Measurements
176.0 cm (centre back) 25.0 cm (sleeve length) 508.0 cm (circumference)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Schofield Collection. Purchased with the assistance of a special grant from the Government of Victoria, 1974
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
(England)
Inscription
label: Emily Higginson, Exhibition Road, S.W.2
Accession Number
D180 A-1974
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
Explore the collection
(Anna Romana Wright reading by candlelight)
Joseph WRIGHT of Derby
CAP
Dress
GUCCI, Florence (fashion house)
A monk with a book
TITIAN
BROOCH
Forest and sun
Max ERNST
DAMASK
Jumpsuit
ALAÏA, Paris (fashion house); Azzedine ALAÏA (designer)
DAMASK
Spouted pharmacy jar
ORAZIO POMPEI WORKSHOP, Castelli (manufacturer)
Pair of glass coolers
SAINT-CLOUD PORCELAIN FACTORY, Saint-Cloud (manufacturer)
Black bunny ears hat
COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Stephen JONES (designer)
Calvary
FLANDERS; Jan BRUEGHEL I (studio of)
Mary, Lady Vere
William LARKIN
Anguish
August Friedrich Albrecht SCHENCK
Shoes
COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
Beach dress
FRANCE
Teacup and saucer
MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer)
Nova shoes
UNITED NUDE (shoemaker); Rem D. KOOLHAAS (designer); Zaha HADID (designer)
Chacmool
Tarascan, Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, West Mexico
Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q
EGYPT, el-Amarna
FRAGMENT
Dress
JULIEN MACDONALD, London (fashion house); Julien MacDONALD (designer)
Untitled (Red)
Mark ROTHKO
Armchair, from the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna
Otto WAGNER (designer); GEBRÜDER THONET, Vienna (manufacturer)
Textile
William MORRIS
PANEL
(TURKEY)
Dress
ENGLAND
Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara
Dosso DOSSI; Battista DOSSI (attributed to)
Clock garniture
MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer); Marc-Louis-Emmanuel SOLON (decorator)