Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection

Evening dress ensemble of metallic gold knit jersey with sequin embellished top

Title
Evening dress ensemble of metallic gold knit jersey with sequin embellished top
LC Subject
main garments
Donor
Hawthorne, Betty
Description
Evening dress ensemble of metallic gold knit jersey with sequin embellished top: a) Top of metallic gold jersey heavily embellished with gold sequins with accents of gold oval paillettes; round neckline; sleeveless; hits at hip; lined in pale gold faille; center-back zip closure. b) Skirt of metallic gold jersey; straight silhouette; 2 darts at each front and back side; 1" waistband; zip and button back closure.
Motif
Glitz and Glamour
Work Type
evening dresses (garments)
Location
United States
Date
1960/1969
Identifier
1991.006.019
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Polyester
Technique
Sequin embellished with oval paillette drops
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University
Note
This ensemble looks like it could be 1960s to 1980s.