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Cocktail dress

LUCAS, Ballarat
Cocktail dress
 (c. 1955)

Medium
silk, cotton, metal

Measurements
115.0 cm (centre back) 32.6 cm (waist, flat)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs Grace M. Tilley, 2003

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
label, back bodice, printed in black and red ink on white ground: LUCAS / Jil Heriote / IN PURE SILK FABRIC

Accession Number
2003.356

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

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