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Woman's dress
House of Beer (French, founded 1898)
French
1905
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Chiffon, velvet, lace
Dimensions
Overall (bodice): 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. L. Cabot Briggs, in memory of his mother, Mary Cabot Briggs
Accession Number54.1773a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDinner dress of pale lavender chiffon velvet, bodice fitted and boned with deep point in center front, skirt bell shaped, rather plain in front with fullness increasing to back and forming with fullness increasing to back and forming short train, trimmed with white silk machine made lace and garlands of silk artificial flowers in small-scale, center front panel set off by broad band of this trimming around entire skirt above hemline, same trimming around entire upper bodice; printed gold label inside waistband of (a) Beer, Nice, Monte Carlo, 7 PLACE VENDOME PARIS 31 SACKEVILLE ST LONDON W.
ProvenancePart of Mary Cabot Briggs' trousseau