Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection

Dress of pink rayon faille with stenciled design of stemmed flowers of skirt and bell flowers on bodice and linear pattern on cap sleeves

Title
Dress of pink rayon faille with stenciled design of stemmed flowers of skirt and bell flowers on bodice and linear pattern on cap sleeves
LC Subject
main garments
Donor
Mumford, Curtis, Mrs.
Description
Dress of pink rayon faille with stenciled design of stemmed flowers of skirt and bell flowers on bodice and linear pattern on cap sleeves; round neckline with deep slit at center-front; fitted through the torso with princess seams and bust darts; soft A-line skirt is mid-length; side zip closure; belt loops at sides (no belt).
Motif
Stenciled flowers is graphite
Work Type
dresses (garments)
Location
United States
Date
1940/1949
Identifier
1988.022.002
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Rayon Faille
Technique
Cap sleeves; Princess seams
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University
Note
Donor's daughter made the dress and wore it.