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2007.66.5

Name
Dress
History Category
Significant Dates
1955
Description
Dress
Floor length evening gown with halter neckline and strapless back; bodice in shades of peach-bronze iridescent changeable (shot) silk? taffeta, fitted with shirred fabric along centre back, front and side seams; shaped neckline; full over-skirt of machine lace on bronze net with underskirt of plum tulle and lining of peach acetate? with tulle bias border; low waistline with loosely attached shirred self-fabric band, decorated at centre back with artificial silk rose, green velvet and taffeta streamers; machine stitched, hand stitched and pinked seams; left side opening from underarm to above waistline with metal zipper and hooks and eyes.
Dimension
Length: 135.0cm | Circumference: 326.0cm | Circumference: 88.0cm
Catalogue Number
2007.66.5
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