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"Wave" dress
Designed by: Isabel Toledo (American (born in Cuba), 1961 – 2019)
American
2011
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave (taffeta)
Dimensions
Center back: 152.4 cm (60 in.)
Center front: 132.1 cm (52 in.)
Costume: 53 × 26 1/2 × 38 in. (134.6 × 67.3 × 96.5 cm)
Center front: 132.1 cm (52 in.)
Costume: 53 × 26 1/2 × 38 in. (134.6 × 67.3 × 96.5 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by the Fashion Council, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Accession Number2011.2057
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWoman's floor-length evening gown made of eggplant silk paper taffeta ruched into multiple, asymmetrical puffed tiers. Small squared yoke neckline of embroidered silk, with narrow shoulder straps.
Provenance2011, sold by the artist to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 21, 2011)
Copyright© Isabel Toledo