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Dress
Designed by: Thea Porter (English (born in Jerusalem), 1927–2000)
English
about 1970
Object Place: United Kingdom
Medium/Technique
Printed silk plain weave, cotton embroidery
Dimensions
Center back: 139.7 cm (55 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession Number2011.2325
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWoman's dress of chiffon printed with colorful Central Asian-inspired textile pattern, empire waist with embroidered yoke made from a vintage suzani (traditional Uzbek embroidered textile). Back zipper.
ProvenanceBy 2011, Leslie Verrinder of TinTin Collectibles, London; 2011, sold by TinTin Collectibles to Jean and Frederic Sharf, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2011, year-end gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the MFA. (Accession date: January 25, 2012)
CopyrightReproduced with Permission.