Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection

Dress of navy blue and cerulean blue silk velvet

Title
Dress of navy blue and cerulean blue silk velvet
LC Subject
main garments
Donor
Hawthorne, Betty
Description
Dress of navy blue and cerulean blue silk velvet; bodice has a draped neckline; three-quarter length sleeves with open slit at the mid-sleeve that wraps closed at the sleeve ends; bodice is navy blue with burnout wave lines design; skirt of cerulean blue has a pointed waistline; lower mid-length; straight silhouette; side snap and hook and eye closure; long belt loops at sides, but no belt; top has shell lining of indigo crepe attached at the waist seam; dress appears to have been pieced together from two different dresses.
Motif
Burnout velvet
Work Type
dresses (garments)
Location
United States
Date
1930/1939
Identifier
1991.006.021
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Silk Velvet Crepe
Technique
Dress appears to have been pieced together from two different dresses.
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University
Note
Dress is from c.1935, but appears to have been repurposed from two different dresses from the 1920s.