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Woman's evening dress
Woman's evening dress

Woman's evening dress

Elizabeth Hawes (American, 1903–1971)
About 1934
Object PlaceNew York, New York, U.S.A.
Medium/TechniqueSilk brocade with silk and gold metallic yarns, and metal hook and eye closure
DimensionsCenter front: 127 cm (50 in.)
Center back (Dress has a deep V open back): 120 cm (47 1/4 in.)
Costume: 32 × 25 in. (81.3 × 63.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan Morse Hilles
Accession number53.418
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1953, gift of Susan Morse Hilles to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 9, 1953)
Evening dress
Elizabeth Hawes
1935–37
Evening dress
Farquharson & Wheelock
about 1918
a-b
1888–90
Wedding ensemble
Mary Ruby
1908; remade 1933
a-c
Hattie Carnegie
about 1938
Woman's dress
about 1830; altered about 1893
Group shot: 51.684a-b
1860