AFTERNOON OR EVENING DRESS
Creator(s): Bonwit Teller & Co. (Designer)
Currently in storage
About this object
Dance-style dress in machine-made, printed lace with a yellow and black floral design outlined with gold thread rope on a red lace ground. Lace is backed with red silk taffeta. All seams of the fitted bodice have spiral boning for support. Bodice has a sweetheart neckline, both front and back. A pleated modesty panel of red silk is placed at center front. Capped sleeves are cut in one with the bodice. A bell-shaped, gored skirt is joined to the bodice at the natural waistline. The hem is finished with the manufactured scalloped edge of the lace. An attached, silk taffeta petticoat has a two tiered, knife pleated ruffle applied at the hem, with a band of nylon horsehair concealed between the ruffles for stiffening. The edges of the ruffles are bound with black ribbon. The garment closes with a full side left zipper as well as a short center back zipper. A narrow shaped belt was worn at the waist. The belt is leather with fabric applied to the front and the buckle.
- Object name:
- AFTERNOON OR EVENING DRESS
- Made from:
- Silk taffeta -- machine-made lace
- Made in:
- New York, USA
- Date made:
- 1953-1957
- Size:
- 16 × 16 × 28 × 30 1/2 × 32 × 120 in. (40.6 × 40.6 × 71.1 × 77.5 × 81.3 × 304.8 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 48.108.1-2
- Signature marks:
- LABEL: Made to Order / BONWIT / FIFTH AVENUE / TELLER [in side seam of underskirt]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973