Evening dress
Elsa Schiaparelli
(Italian (active in France), 1890–1973)
Ducharne
(French, founded 1920)
Summer 1939
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueSilk twill weave and silk plain weave (moire)
DimensionsCenter back (dress): 125.7 cm (49 1/2 in.)
Center back (skirt): 114.3 cm (45 in.)
Center back (skirt): 114.3 cm (45 in.)
Credit LineFrank B. Bemis Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund, Otis Norcross Fund, William E. Nickerson Fund, and Edwin E. Jack Fund
Accession number2009.5027.1-2
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Provenance1939, created by the Paris atelier of Elsa Schiaparelli for her Spring/Summer collection; purchased by unknown client; July 3, 2009, sold at Cornette St. Cyr auctions in Paris to the MFA (Accession date: December 16, 2009)
mid-19th century
1740–60
