Dress (sheath) of white, black, and chartreuse green floral damask cotton/rayon with huge floral print
- Title
- Dress (sheath) of white, black, and chartreuse green floral damask cotton/rayon with huge floral print
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Donor
- Abbott, Mary E.
- Designer
- Alice of California
- Description
- Dress (sheath) of white, black, and chartreuse green floral damask cotton/rayon with huge floral print in the three colors on a white background; scoop neckline with black pipe trim; sleeveless with left shoulder accent of 3 functional Chinese knot button and loop closures of black satin cord; center-back zip closure.
- Designer Label
- Alice/ Polynesian Fashions
- Motif
- Exotic Resort Painterly flowers
- Work Type
- dresses (garments)
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1960/1969
- Identifier
- 1991.005.002
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Cotton Rayon
- Technique
- Sheath Damask
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Alice of California was founded in 1925 by Krist Gunderson. In the 1930s Carolyn Perena became the lead designer. She was inspired by exotic prints and designed resort wear. In the 1960s the Alice, Polynesian Fashions label was created and replaced other Alice labels.
