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EVENING DRESS

EVENING DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.5

Artist: Widoff (Retailer)

Date: 1910-1912

This one-piece, gray velvet evening dress has an empire waist and narrow tubular skirt. It has embroidered ivory lace inset at the neck, waist, and side panels. Heavy embroidery embellishes the...

DAY DRESS

DAY DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.55.1-2

Artist: Bergdorf Goodman (Retailer)

Date: 1924-1927

This sleeveless, champagne colored velvet dress with silk charmeuse slip was worn by Adelaide for her debut in December, 1926. Shaped lace insets and straps are applied flat to top edge of slip...

CLOCHE (HAT)

CLOCHE (HAT)

Cat. no.: 48.56.2

Artist: Unknown

Date: 1927

Marjorie Merriweather Post's youngest daughter, Nedenia Marjorie Hutton (American, b. 1923), wore this hat with an ivory organza dress (48.56.1) in the wedding of her older sister, Adelaide...

DAY DRESS

DAY DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.57.1-2

Artist: Bergdorf Goodman (Retailer)

Date: 1927

This tubular, three quarter length dress in caramel colored velvet was worn by Mrs. Post when her daughter, Adelaide Brevoort Close, married Thomas Welles Durant. The bodice has a low, scooped...

CLOCHE (HAT)

CLOCHE (HAT)

Cat. no.: 48.57.3

Artist: Bergdorf Goodman (Retailer)

Date: 1927

Marjorie Merriweather Post wore this brown velvet cloche with a tubular, three-quarter-length dress of caramel-colored velvet when her daughter, Adelaide Brevoort Close, married Thomas Welles...

DAY DRESS

DAY DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.58.1-2

Artist: Lucile (Designer)

Date: 1925-1927

Tubular dress in light blue velvet with long, bell-shaped sleeves. The square-shaped bodice has a low scoop neckline with a lace inset. A slightly gathered skirt hangs from a 5 1/2-inch wide...

EVENING ENSEMBLE (DRESS, SLIP AND CAPE)

EVENING ENSEMBLE (DRESS, SLIP AND CAPE)

Cat. no.: 48.60.1-3

Artist: Thurn (Designer)

Date: 1927-1932

Marjorie Merriweather Post commissioned this gown and matching cape while living in New York City with her husband E.F. Hutton. The three-piece ensemble, consisting of a tubular slip, sleeveless...

EVENING ENSEMBLE (DRESS, TRAIN, HEADPIECE, AND CAPE)

EVENING ENSEMBLE (DRESS, TRAIN, HEADPIECE, AND CAPE)

Cat. no.: 48.63.1-4

Artist:

Date: 1928

Marjorie Merriweather Post's daughter, Eleanor Post Close (American, 1909-2007), wore this gown when she was presented to the Court of St. James's on June 12, 1928.

EVENING ENSEMBLE (DRESS AND CAPE)

EVENING ENSEMBLE (DRESS AND CAPE)

Cat. no.: 48.65.1-2

Artist: Eldridge Manning (Designer)

Date: 1929-1934

Sleeveless, beaded evening dress of cream colored taffeta with matching cape. The dress has double, flat shoulder straps on a scoop neck bodice. An asymmetrical circle skirt, fully lined in self...

EVENING DRESS

EVENING DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.66

Artist:

Date: 1927-1929

Sleeveless, tubular evening dress with dropped waistline. Narrow shoulder straps are smocked and conceal a small lingerie strap. Bias cut silk satin, using the reverse side of the fabric, forms...

UNDERSLIP

UNDERSLIP

Cat. no.: 48.67

Artist: Henri Bendel, Inc. (Retailer)

Date: 1934

This close fitting slip in peach colored silk chiffon has a sweetheart neckline in front and is cut in a low V-shape in back. The top edge is trimmed with two single layer bands of silk chiffon...

AFTERNOON DRESS

AFTERNOON DRESS

Cat. no.: 48.68.1-2

Artist: Bergdorf Goodman (Retailer)

Date: 1933-35

Marjorie Merriweather Post required all of her clothing to be expertly tailored and coordinated with matching hats and shoes. Her closets held dresses made by Parisian designers, purchased in...

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