Dress of brown silk taffeta with floral bead work embellishment
- Title
- Dress of brown silk taffeta with floral bead work embellishment
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Description
- Dress of brown silk taffeta with floral bead work embellishment; bodice has a vest with square neckline that snaps closed on left side; elbow-length sleeves are attached to a underneath shell of ivory silk with lace trim; vest is attached to shell at back; hem of bodice and sleeve ends are trimmed in floral bead work with bright brown flowers and green leaves; skirt is straight and lower mid-length with two tiered flounces with scalloped hem, each trimmed with accordion pleated ruffles; one flounce at the hips and one below at the knee-length.
- Motif
- Floral bead work
- Work Type
- dresses (garments)
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1920/1929
- Identifier
- 1988.008.001
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk Taffeta Beads
- Technique
- Accordion pleated ruffles
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- The record on this dress says it is from c.1920, but it looks 1950s.
