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Woman's ensemble: dress (a) and bracelet (b)
ca. 1920
Not on view
Evening dresses by Lady Duff Gordon, known professionally as Lucile, are distinctive for their sheer, vibrantly colored luminous metallic textiles, and asymmetrical trimmings. This dress epitomizes the Lucile aesthetic, with silk and metal foil textiles and a handmade silk flower garland that wraps around the body to offer a sense of movement. The theatrical nature of Lucile’s designs was an outgrowth of her work in costuming for theater and film, which she continued to do throughout her career.
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- Designer
- Lady Duff Gordon
- House of
- Lucile
- Title
- Woman's ensemble: dress (a) and bracelet (b)
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Object Type
- Costume
- Medium
- Dress: Silk and metal foil–wrapped silk double weave; silk, metal foil, and metal-wrapped silk cannelé sash; metal foil–wrapped silk lace appliqué, metal foil–wrapped silk, and metal foil–wrapped paper tassel; and garland of silk satin and silk velvet flowers with faceted glass beads, glass seed beads, glass round beads, faceted glass stones, metal foil–wrapped silk, silk floss–wrapped wire, and buds of silk, metal foil, metal-wrapped silk gros de Tours; synthetic horsehair; cotton machine-made lace underlay; Bracelet: Metal foil cords with painted-glass pearls and glass seed beads; pressed copper alloy metal flowers with faceted glass stones and painted-glass seed beads
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase, Gift of Christine Suppes
- Accession Number
- 2024.23.2a-b
