Dress of champagne grey and green silk brocade with a carnation floral design
- Title
- Dress of champagne grey and green silk brocade with a carnation floral design
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Donor
- Sponenburgh, Mark
- Designer
- Kallman Oppenheimer, Helga
- Description
- a) Dress of champagne grey and green silk brocade with a carnation floral design; wide neckline; cap sleeves; button front bodice opens at top exposing a panel of self-brocade; top two buttons are non-functional; A-line skirt is pleated into waistline; mid-length; center-back zip closure. b) Belt of self-brocade with bow at front; 32" length and 1 1/2" width.
- Designer Label
- Helga
- Motif
- Carnation floral brocade
- Work Type
- dresses (garments)
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1950/1959
- Identifier
- 1981.001.010
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk Brocade
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Fashion designer Helga Kallman Oppenheimer started Helga Inc. in 1947 in San Francisco. She prefered dressy, convenient styles and natural, non-synthetic fabrics which she travelled to Europe twice a year to purchase. Helga Inc. closed in 1986 in Los Angeles. -Myrna Oliver, Times Staff Writer. Bon Marche - Russell's appeared in the 1950s and continued under that name until 1970 in Eugene, Oregon.
