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Woman's evening dress
Designed by: Elizabeth Hawes (American, 1903–1971)
American (New York)
About 1934
Object Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.
Medium/Technique
Silk brocade with silk and gold metallic yarns, and metal hook and eye closure
Dimensions
Center front: 127 cm (50 in.)
Center back (Dress has a deep V open back): 120 cm (47 1/4 in.)
Costume: 32 × 25 in. (81.3 × 63.5 cm)
Center back (Dress has a deep V open back): 120 cm (47 1/4 in.)
Costume: 32 × 25 in. (81.3 × 63.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Susan Morse Hilles
Accession Number53.418
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CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionEvening dress of brocade having small all over carnations and lilies brocaded with red, lavender, green, and white, on gold ground, design imitating antique Persian brocade, cut sleeveless with fitted midriff section in bodice and slightly flaring section below waist line, lower skirt flaring widely, attached to slightly flaring section below waist, deep cut V neck in back, in front fullness arranged in loose small pleats above fitted midriff with neck open to top of midriff, dress hooked down center back through midriff section.
Provenance1953, gift of Susan Morse Hilles to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 9, 1953)