dress orange

dress orange

Name/Title

dress

Entry/Object ID

2001.040.001

Description

Chemise style dress of textured bright orange silk with side gore and hem inset of turquoise silk crepe. Decorative smoking at shoulders and topstiching of aqua silk floss. Scoop neck with decorative topstiching. Turquoise silk embroidered rosette on left bodice. Entirely hand sewn. Loose tucks front and back and small bust darts provide some shape. Beltloops but missing belt. See jacket 2001.040.002 also. Matching jacket is .002

Made/Created

Date made

1925 - 1935

Place

* Untyped Place

Berkeley

Notes

Date: 1925-1935

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dress

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Search Terms

1920's, Dance

Dimensions

Width

38 in

Length

39 in

Dimension Notes

38 inch bust

Location

Other

D1-2

Provenance

Notes

Last Owner: Florence Boynton