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Evening Dress
Evening Dress

Evening Dress

Anna Duke New York
about 1935
Medium/TechniqueSilk & Rayon plain weave (taffeta). Warp - silk, Weft - rayon w/delustering agent Velvet pile - silk
DimensionsCenter front: 127 cm (50 in.)
Center back: 119.1 cm (46 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Larner family in memory of Barbara Chandler Larner
Accession number2016.84
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBy 2012, Barbara Chandler Larner (b.1919 - d. 2012), E. Bridgewater, MA; 2012, by inheritance to her daughter, Holly Larner, Amherst, NH; 2016, gift of Holly Larner to the MFA. (Accession date: March 23, 2016)
Group shot: 2008.123.1-3
Roy Halston Frowick, known as Halston
1980
Conservation status: Before treatment
first half of 20th century
Conservation status: Before treatment
first half of 20th century
Conservation status: Before treatment
first half of 20th century
Conservation status: Before treatment
first half of 20th century
Meisen kimono
first half of 20th century
Conservation status: Before treatment
first half of 20th century
first half of 20th century
Woman's dress
Thea Porter
about 1970