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Women's evening dress
Women's evening dress

Women's evening dress

Howard Greer (American, 1896–1974)
1940s
Medium/TechniqueSilk, bugle beads Chiffon, gauze, and crepe bodice, crepe underbodice Gauze weave overskirt, crepe underskirt Microscopic fiber I.D. silk chiffon, silk gauze, silk crepe (underbodice), rayon crepe (lower bodice and underskirt)
DimensionsBust: 34 in (98.3 cm)
Waist: 28 in (71 cm)
Center-back length: 60 in (152.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by the Fashion Council, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Accession number2012.1041
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBefore 2012, purchased by Marilyn Glass, Los Angeles, CA; 2012, gift of Marilyn Glass to the MFA. (Accession date: December 12, 2012)
Group shot: 2007.1134.1-2
Sorelle Fontana
mid to late 1960s
a-b
Norman Norell
Fall 1960
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Karl Lagerfeld
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second quarter of 19th century
a-c
Hattie Carnegie
about 1938