Biba archive: Edwardian maxi suit

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Biba archive: Edwardian maxi suit

Biba (London, active in the late 1960s and 1970s)
Photographer: Sarah Moon (French, born in 1941)

British

1974

Medium/Technique Paper

Dimensions Height x width: 58.4 x 38.4 cm (23 x 15 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf

Accession Number2015.3037.3

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Photography

ClassificationsPhotographs

Provenance1974, secretary to Barbara Hulaniki (founder of the Biba stores); about 2015, sold by this secretary to Tin Tin Collectibles, Alfies Antique Market, London; May 2015, sold by Tin Tin Collectibles to Frederic Sharf, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2015, gift of Frederic Sharf to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)