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Dress

2010.170.122

Name
Dress
History Category
Significant Dates
1950-1970
Description
Dress
Shaped cheongsam with asymmetrical closing constructed from pale green silk? satin fabric with all-over designs depicting cranes and cypress trees; un-lined; set in short sleeves; machine and hand-stitched; shoulder seams; standing self- lined collar; all edges bound with pale peach silk? satin; shaped by bust darts, vertical darts front and back and a narrowing of the fabric at the hemline; side slits open 22cm from hemline; two 'flower button' closures (in a stylized cypress tree design) with loops and knotted buttons are located at neck and along the right side overlap; a metal zipper inscribed 'Talon' is located along right side seam; three snaps and one hook and eye close the neck and side overlap.
Dimension
Length: 123.0cm | Circumference: 88.0cm
Catalogue Number
2010.170.122
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