Dress ensemble of beige chiffon with brush stroke spots of greys, pinks, yellows, and oranges grouped together
- Title
- Dress ensemble of beige chiffon with brush stroke spots of greys, pinks, yellows, and oranges grouped together
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Designer
- Rosalyn Frocks
- Description
- Dress ensemble of beige chiffon with brush stroke spots of greys, pinks, yellows, and oranges grouped together in geometrical shapes, paired with an open-front jacket of silk velvet in the same pattern: A) Dress has a V-neckline trimmed in beige chiffon pipe; two bound slits below V-neckline point with long dark ecru sash tie that ties in a bow at front; drop waist features a gathered self-fabric cummerbund-like waistband with button accents at right-front side; buttons of white plastic with faceted gold accents; long sleeves with self-buttons at wrists; two tiered skirt of finely pleated chiffon is mid-length; hits below-knee. B) Jacket of beige silk velvet with brush stroke spots of greys, pinks, yellows, and oranges grouped together in geometrical shapes; jacket has long sleeves, open-front, and hits above knee; hits exactly at hem of top tiered skirt; lined in self-dress chiffon.
- Motif
- Mottled spots grouped in geometric shapes
- Work Type
- ensembles (costume)
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1920/1929
- Identifier
- 1988.008.006
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk Chiffon Silk Velvet
- Technique
- Drop waist
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Dress has attached slip, which has tears, shredding, and deteriorating. Dress also has tears around the armholes. Chiffon is very fragile. Tearing around armholes has been reinforced with brown thread, but needs proper restoration DLF 2016.
