Edwardian era party dress

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Edwardian era party dress

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Toitū Otago Settlers Museum

Collection

Toitū Otago Settlers Museum NZMuseums

Description

This late Edwardian party dress shows the bodice elaboration typical of its era. Over the ruched ivory silk satin there is an intricate shoulder arrangement of multi-layered lace, frilled with pink and blue ribbon and finished with baubles and sequins. At centre there is a formal bow whose ties crossover to do up in a whimsical arrangement that adorns the back. There is no boning and the fabric drapes softly with no formal shaping at all. It is so tight on the torso, however, that a fiercely ...

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Date created

c1912

URL

https://ehive.com/collections/3242/objects/27670

Related subjects

Charles Begg / Edwardian / Maud Fraser / Orientalism / c1912 / dress

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