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Evening dress
Retailed by: Bergdorf Goodman (American, founded 1901)
American
about 1940
Object Place: New York, USA
Medium/Technique
Silk chiffon, lace, and net, with metal hook and eye and snap closures
Dimensions
172 x 77 cm (67 11/16 x 30 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Accession Number51.2620a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBodice full in front with deeply slashed neck; elbow-length sleeves; skirt flaring from waist to very wide hemline; waist yoke, one horizontal panel at middle of skirt and two vertical panels, front and back, and back sash, of gray lace; worn by Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Bergdorf Goodman.