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Woman's dinner dress
Restricted: For reference only

Woman's dinner dress

Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian (active in France), 1890–1973)
Summer or Fall 1939
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueSilk, acrylic; plain weave (paired warps and wefts), embroidered with synthetic pearls, glass beads, rhinestones and metallic pins
DimensionsCenter back (dress): 142.87 cm (56 1/4 in.); Center back (slip) 44 in. (111.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection, by exchange
Accession number1999.211a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA at auction from George Costopulos Auctioneers, Woburn, MA, March 7, 1999.