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Object Name: dress

Artist/Maker: Molyneux, Edward
Role in production: make
Place of Creation: Europe, France
Date: 1923

Accession Number: 1947.4286
Credit: Manchester City Galleries

Physical Description

Medium / Material

silk
crepe

Support

Technique

printed

Description

Cream silk crepe printed with bold Japanese deisgn of birds and branches in black. Orange sun at lower centre front.

Round neck, lower at front, bound in white crepe. Very short cap sleeves edged. Dropped waist seam tying in bow on left. White silk bodice lining in two sections. Narrow silk satin shoulder straps. 4" opening all down centre back over cream crepe underskirt. Back lined in white silk. Black crepe gusset inserted underarms.

Dimensions

Type: Length (max)
Height: 118.1 cm
Width:
Depth:

Type: Shoulder to waist
Height: 53.3
Width:
Depth:

Type: Waist
Height:
Width: 91.4
Depth:

Type: Hem
Height:
Width: 90.2
Depth:

Type: Hem (lining)
Height:
Width: 101.6
Depth: