AFTERNOON OR EVENING DRESS
Creator(s): D. V. McGrath (Designer)
Currently in storage
About this object
One piece black reception gown of embroidered black tulle. The neckline and sleeve are heavily encrusted with machine sewn silver beads and sequins in a floral pattern. The bodice has a free-hanging bolero underneath which is placed a metal mesh inset with orange beads in a lattice pattern. This mesh is also used on the undersleeve. The bodice is supported by a silk taffeta foundation with modesty panel. The skirt is composed of pieced and handsewn sections of tulle with applied flat velvet bands and lace in a scalloped motif. The skirt is floor length in front, sweeping to a long train at center back. The garment would have been worn with a petticoat, probably in the same fabric as the foundation. The early use of machine sewn sequins is significant.
- Object name:
- AFTERNOON OR EVENING DRESS
- Made from:
- Tulle -- silk
- Made in:
- New York, USA
- Date made:
- 1908-1911
- Size:
- H. 14 1/2 in. (shoulder to waist front); H. 15 in. (shoulder to waist back); Dia. 23 1/2 in. (waist circumference); H. 37 1/2 in. (waist to hem front); H. 60 in. (waist to hem back); Dia. 188 in. (hem circumference)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 48.28
- Signature marks:
- LABEL: McGrath / 141 E. 50th / NEW YORK
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973