Dress of greenish/grey silk lurex brocade with patterned with gold flowers surrounded in ornate metallic gold design
- Title
- Dress of greenish/grey silk lurex brocade with patterned with gold flowers surrounded in ornate metallic gold design
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Donor
- Sponenburgh, Mark
- Designer
- Kallman Oppenheimer, Helga
- Description
- Dress of greenish/grey silk lurex brocade with patterned with gold flowers surrounded in ornate metallic gold design; wide neckline with fabric folded to create a sash like collar with a bow at front; short sleeves; wide, mid-length skirt is pleated into piped waistline; attached underskirt of pale green cotton lawn; center-back zip closure.
- Designer Label
- Helga (there is also a Union label)
- Motif
- Gold floral brocade
- Work Type
- evening dresses (garments)
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1950/1959
- Identifier
- 1981.001.011
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk Brocade
- Technique
- Hourglass silhouette
- 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.
