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Dress
Designed by: Bill Gibb (English, 1943–1988)
English
about 1972
Object Place: United Kingdom
Medium/Technique
Printed rayon satin
Dimensions
Center back: 142.2 cm (56 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession Number2011.2324
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWoman's long wrap-front dress of satin, printed with a dense pattern of sea shells in pink, green, black, and white. Puffed Leg-o-mutton sleeves gathered into extended cuffs with five button closures. Black/white piping on all edges.
ProvenanceBy 2011, Leslie Verrinder of TinTin Collectibles, London; 2011, sold by TinTin Collectibles to Jean and Frederic Sharf, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2011, year-end gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the MFA. (Accession date: January 25, 2012)