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Woman's evening dress

(American (born in 1922))
about 1998
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave (taffeta)
DimensionsCenter back: 132.1 cm (52 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Burbidge
Accession number2007.957
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceWorn by designer's wife, Cile, to the Museum of Fine Arts "Museum Ball" on February 28, 1998; gift to MFA, 2007 (Accession date: December 12, 2007)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
Woman's hat
John P. John
1945–59
Woman's hat
John P. John
1945–55
Woman's hat
John P. John
1945–59
Woman's hat
John P. John
1945–53
Woman's hat with matching ascot
John P. John
1945–59
Evening dress
John Redfern
about 1905
about 1850
Conservation Status: After Treatment; Group shot: 2001.933.1-2
Iida Takashimaya
about 1900
1875–80