Evening gown

About this item

Title

Evening gown

Content partner

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Evening gown This silk satin evening gown features a "A la Sevigne" neckline and a tight fitting bodice thst ends in a deep V shape. The neckline has a cream Buckinghamshire lace edging and it has a narrow pink satin ribbon inserted through it. The bodice is supported in the front by three tape covered whalebones: one up the centre seam, one up each dart and one up each side seam. The bodice fastens with brass hooks and eyes at the centre back. The double short sleeves are trimmed with braid ...

Read more

Format

Image

Date created

1839-1840

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/48062

Related subjects

satin / silk / cotton / ribbon / whale bone (bone) / dresses

What is the copyright status of this item?

Creative Commons

This item appears to be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (BY-NC-ND) 4.0 CC International license.

More Information

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa has this to say about the rights status of this item:

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

You can learn more about the rights status of this item at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

What can I do with this item?

You must always check with Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa to confirm the specific terms of use, but this is our understanding:

Non-infringing use

NZ Copyright law does not prevent every use of a copyright work. You should consider what you can and cannot do with a copyright work.

Share it

This item is suitable for copying and sharing with others, without further permission.

No modifying

You are not allowed to adapt or remix this item into any other works.

No commercial use

You may not use this item commercially.