Dress of large floral print silk in pastel shades of lilac, lavender, grey, aqua, and turquoise
- Title
- Dress of large floral print silk in pastel shades of lilac, lavender, grey, aqua, and turquoise
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Donor
- Diedesch, Marie
- Designer
- Maxwell, Vera
- Description
- Dress of large floral print silk in pastel shades of lilac, lavender, grey, aqua, and turquoise; water flowers like lilies and lotus; rolled collar with short sash tie at side; short sleeves; long bust darts from side seam waist; slight A-line skirt; center-back zip closure; lined in pale aqua nylon.
- Designer Label
- Vera Maxwell/ Original
- Motif
- Lilies and lotus flowers
- Work Type
- dresses (garments)
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1960/1969
- Identifier
- 1980.017.002
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk
- Technique
- Separate collar piece
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Vera Maxwell Originals opened in 1947 and closed in 1964. The Union label dates this dress to 1964 to 1973, therefore this dress is likely from 1964. Purchased at Meier & Frank, Crest Room in Salem, OR for $120.00.
