LINGERIE DRESS
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
One piece Edwardian lingerie dress of sheer lawn appropriate for warm summer wear. Open embroidery work embellishes the neck, sleeves, waist and skirt where vertical panels culminate in an elaborate 8" horizontal band at hem. Embroidered iris motifs decorate the skirt panels and center bust. This transparent garment would have been worn with an undergarment which which could have contrasted in color.
- Object name:
- LINGERIE DRESS
- Made from:
- Cotton lawn -- cotton embroidery
- Made in:
- USA
- Date made:
- 1910-1913
- Size:
- H. 14 1/2 in. (shoulder to waist front); H. 15 in. (shoulder to waist back); Dia. 24 in. (waist circumference); H. 42 1/2 in. (waist to hem front); H. 43 1/2 in. (waist to hem back); Dia. 65 in. (hem circumference)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 48.17
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973