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EVENING DRESS

Creator(s): Oldric Royce, Inc. (Designer)

Currently in storage


About this object

Blue silk velvet and chiffon evening dress. Bodice with short capped sleeves, front and back sweetheart necklines, and a center-back zipper. Full skirt of gradient shades of blue in scallop shapes beginning at the waist, then extending to the hemline in vertical panels. The effect is achived by alternating panels; the first of silk velvet, the second of  three layers of silk chiffon, then two layers, then a final single layer for the fourth panel. Interior bodice boned with silk taffeta lining; skirt is lined with silk chiffon, taffeta and organdy.

Blue silk velvet and chiffon evening dress. Bodice with short capped sleeves, front and back sweetheart necklines, and a center-back zipper. Full skirt of gradient shades of blue in scallop shapes beginning at the waist, then extending to the hemline in vertical panels. The effect is achived by alternating panels; the first of silk velvet, the second of  three layers of silk chiffon, then two layers, then a final single layer for the fourth panel. Interior bodice boned with silk taffeta lining; skirt is lined with silk chiffon, taffeta and organdy.   Note additional zipper added to proper left side-seam; further adjustment to hemlines, and PR side-seam also taken in. 

Object name:
EVENING DRESS
Made from:
 silk velvet --silk chiffon --silk organdy
Made in:
New York, USA
Date made:
ca. 1948
Size:
Center Front 52 1/2 in., Shoulder 14 in., Bust 16 1/2 in., Waist 29 in., Center Back 52 1/2 in., Skirt 43 in.

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
2018.5.1
Signature marks:
Maker label Proper Left Front Side Seam
Credit line:
Gift of Jan King Evans-Houser, 2018