DRESSING GOWN
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Two piece negligee of peach colored silk edged with yellow machine made Valenciennes lace. The main garment is constructed from a circular capelet worn over the head, with a decorative bias cut inset at center back that extends the length of the garment, ending in a long train. Wide ties wrap around the waist to form a large bow at center front. A bias cut modesty panel is secured with a self fabric waist band closing at side front.
- Object name:
- DRESSING GOWN
- Made from:
- Silk crêpe -- machine-made Valenciennes lace
- Made in:
- USA
- Date made:
- 1932-1935
- Size:
- 12 × 13 × 31 1/2 × 43 in. (30.5 × 33 × 80 × 109.2 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 48.81.1-2
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973