Midnight blue velvet v-neck cocktail dress with belt, 1930s

Name/Title

Midnight blue velvet v-neck cocktail dress with belt, 1930s

Entry/Object ID

1986.51.25

Description

Acc. No. 86.51.25 Subject Category: Clothing Date or Period: 1930's Object: Dress Description: Midnight blue panne rayon velvet cocktail dress has V-neck, and soft machine smocking at shoulders. High waistline and belt of same material. History of Object: Hand made by Mabel Ward Fields for her daughter Elizabeth (Chita) The Fields were an old Alameda family. Condition: Excellent: professionally dry-cleaned 1987 Acquired from: Roscoe and D'Arcy Hamilton Date: 8-28-86