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AFTERNOON DRESS

AFTERNOON DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.6.1-4

Artist: Stephane (Designer)

Date: 1903-1904

This gown, with its high neck and longer sleeves, would have been appropriate for afternoon calling and garden parties.

EVENING DRESS

EVENING DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.70

Artist: Unknown

Date: 1934-1936

This bias-cut, low-back, fitted-waist evening dress eloquently illustrates fashionable women’s wear from the early 1930s. The bow at the back is loosely inspired by the Japanese obi,...

DAY DRESS

DAY DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.71

Artist: Gervais (Retailer)

Date: 1929-1935

Summer day wrap in yellow silk printed with a tropical flower motif. The garment is intricately cut and constructed to form a sleeveless underdress with a back panel that forms capelike sleeves...

EVENING ENSEMBLE (DRESS AND CAPE)

EVENING ENSEMBLE (DRESS AND CAPE)

Cat. no.: 48.72.1-2

Artist: Thurn (Designer)

Date: 1930-1934

Coral velvet evening gown with empire waist and short, slightly puffed sleeves. Bodice is slightly gathered and seamed under the bust. Neck and sleeve are edged with two rows of gathered tulle...

EVENING DRESS

EVENING DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.74

Artist: Thurn (Designer)

Date: 1928-1933

This cream and cobalt blue sleeveless evening gown combines the dropped waist of the late twenties with the asymmetrical, bias cutting of the thirties. The cream satin bodice is cut in a low V at...

EVENING DRESS

EVENING DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.75

Artist: Unknown

Date: 1929-1934

Sleeveless, unlined evening gown in cream colored silk crêpe. The asymmetrical, bias cut bodice has a 1/4" shoulder strap on right, and a slightly wider, 1" wide strap on left. The satin fabric...

EVENING DRESS

EVENING DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.76

Artist: Robert Piguet (Designer)

Date: 1933-1937

Asymmetrical, bias cut evening gown of copper colored satin. Garment has one large pleated, puffed sleeve and a 1" transparent shoulder strap on right to which a tulle panel is attached and...

EVENING DRESS

EVENING DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.77

Artist: Robert Piguet (Designer)

Date: 1933-1937

Asymmetrical, bias cut evening gown of ivory colored satin with one large pleated, puffed sleeve. The remains of a shoulder strap are visible on right, to which a tulle panel was probably...

EVENING DRESS

EVENING DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.7.1-2

Artist: Jay's Limited (Designer)

Date: 1903-1905

When Marjorie Merriweather Post was in her teens, Edwardian fashions still prevailed. At 16, Post was presented to society, an event that would have required a special wardrobe for various...

WEDDING DRESS

WEDDING DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.80

Artist: Bergdorf Goodman (Retailer)

Date: 1935

This long-sleeved, fur-trimmed gown was worn by Marjorie Merriweather Post for her marriage to Joseph E. Davies on December 12, 1935.

DRESSING GOWN

DRESSING GOWN

Cat. no.: 48.81.1-2

Artist: Unknown

Date: 1932-1935

Two piece negligee of peach colored silk edged with yellow machine made Valenciennes lace. The main garment is constructed from a circular capelet worn over the head, with a decorative bias cut...

DRESSING GOWN

DRESSING GOWN

Cat. no.: 48.82

Artist: The White House (Retailer)

Date: 1928-1935

This asymmetrical dressing gown of cream colored satin wraps around the body and closes at the left waist with a fabric loop and button. The bodice is cut on the bias with a diamond shaped, flat...

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