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Evening dress
1915-1916
Not on view
Callot Soeurs first operated as a lingerie and
lace-making business before transitioning to
clothing design near the turn of the twentieth
century. By the 1910s the Callot sisters were
producing cylindrical-wrap dresses from pastel
and metallic silks with Eastern-inspired designs
that reflected European perceptions of Asian
culture. San Francisco’s luxury department
stores, such as City of Paris, proudly retailed and
promoted Callot Soeurs garments, capitalizing
on the equation of imported French fashions
with cosmopolitanism. This gown belonged to
Ethel Sperry Crocker, one of the most prominent
philanthropists in California history.
- Designer
- Callot Soeurs
- Title
- Evening dress
- Date
- 1915-1916
- Place of Creation
- Paris
- Object Type
- Costume
- Medium
- Silk brocade with silver thread, silk Silk, white metal alloy-wrapped thread, and metal foil lampasette; lamé; silk velvet ribbon; metal-wrapped silk filet lace; and garland of gold- and silver-leaf paper, metal foil, metal-wrapped thread, lamé, silk net, and wire
- Dimensions
- 73 1/4 in., (186 cm,)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Provident Securities Company
- Accession Number
- 54.79.8
