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Evening Dress

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Designer

Liberty of London, English, founded 1875

Retailer

Metz & Co., Dutch, 1913–1981
B. Altman & Co., New York, NY, USA

Description

Collared dress with geometric detailing of intersecting and overlapping diamonds.

Credit Line

Lent by Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Museum Collection, Museum Collection, S84.123A

Date

ca. 1924

Accession Number

51.2016.2

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

costume & accessories
Exhibitions
Evening Dress

Medium

Silk, metallic yarn, glass beads, compound weave

Dimensions

Center back L: 109.2 cm (43 in.)

designed in

London, England

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Exhibitions Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4d306a7ba-cae1-456f-84e1-941e2bd905f2

Record ID

chndm_51.2016.2

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