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Description
This black sheer full-length dress, associated with Westbrook College, features shoestring straps and a small short-sleeved black georgette cape.
The silk overlay dress has a sweetheart neckline adorned with a rhinestone beaded design and a ruffle. It includes two sets of spaghetti straps, a seam below the bust, and side ties for a fitted silhouette. The hem has an elastic band (no longer elastic) to form a bottom ruffle. The dress closes on the left side with three snaps. An attached viscose rayon slip dress falls straight down.
About This Item
- Title: Two piece evening wear ensemable, ca. 1935
- Creation Date: circa 1935
- Subject Date: circa 1935
- Location: ME
- Media: silk, cotton, elastic, metal, viscose, rayon
- Dimensions: 152.4 cm x 177.8 cm
- Local Code: 1993.300.77 a,b
- Collection: Costume collection
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Item 105708
Evening gown with sequined bodice, ca. 1935
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The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection
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