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Dress
Manufactured by: House of Prada (Italian, founded 1913)
Italian
about 2000
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave (crepe chiffon); appliqued and embroidered with silk
Dimensions
Center back: 106.7 cm (42 in.)
Other (bust): 38 in. (96.5 cm)
Other (waist): 29 in. (73.7 cm)
Other (bust): 38 in. (96.5 cm)
Other (waist): 29 in. (73.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession Number2013.230
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWomans black full-length dress. Short sleeveed, crew neck crepe dress with seam at natural waist. Three-dimensional crepe flowers of brown and black sewn along front and back of dress. Lettuce ruffle hemline cut on a bias. No interior label.
ProvenanceBefore 2012, sold to Jean S. Sharf, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2013, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the MFA. (Accession date: February 27, 2013)