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Dress, "Menina PUIG"
Agatha Ruiz de la Prada (Spanish, born in 1960)
Spanish
2008
Medium/Technique
linen plainweave; silk/linen twill weave; synthetic plainweave; synthetic twill weave
Dimensions
Center front: 82.9 cm (32 5/8 in.)
Center back: 86.4 cm (34 in.)
Costume (Bust x Waist): 34 1/2 × 32 in. (87.6 × 81.3 cm)
Center back: 86.4 cm (34 in.)
Costume (Bust x Waist): 34 1/2 × 32 in. (87.6 × 81.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Fundación Agatha Ruiz de la Prada
Accession Number2019.1952
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionShort sleeveless dress of fuchsia silk/linen blend (pink silk weft, white linen warp, with additional linen wefts to create narrow self stripe); flat pattern construction; A-line shift silhouette from shoulders to waist, with high round neck, wide shoulder straps, and gentle taper at waist; wide simulated "pannier" skirt curved over hips ending bluntly at mid-thigh, with curved scrolling panels of orange linen plainweave over front hips; back of dress entirely of orange linen; CB orange zipper; orange synthetic plainweave lining; skirt stiffening with white enamelled metal wires in two layers, secured with blue synthetic twill tape casings; woven label at PL shoulder: "Agatha Ruiz de la Prada."
Provenance2019, gift of Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Madrid, Spain, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2019)