Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection

Evening ensemble of a dress and coat of black damask in a large filigree design

Title
Evening ensemble of a dress and coat of black damask in a large filigree design
LC Subject
main garments
Donor
Hawthorne, Betty
Designer
Franklin
Description
Evening ensemble of a dress and coat of black damask in a large filigree design: a) Dress of black filigree damask with scoop neckline and short sleeves; long bust darts; piped at waistline; two pin pleats at each front side from waistline; darts at back; straight skirt; below-knee length; center-back zip closure; lined in fine ribbed nylon b) Coat of black filigree damask with open front and Nehru collar; wide three-quarter length sleeves; boxy silhouette; vertical darts from neckline; hits above hem of dress; lined in fine ribbed nylon.
Designer Label
Original/ Franklin
Motif
Filigree
Work Type
evening dresses (garments)
Location
United States
Date
1960/1969
Identifier
1991.006.010
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Damask
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University
Note
Other similar labels were found on dresses from the 1950s and 1960s.