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Ball gown in white net with applied white ostrich feathers and pink roses

1956

Museum of the City of New York

Museum of the City of New York
New York, NY, United States

"Coming-out" ball gown in white nylon net; full-length; boned bodice, rouched net on white silk taffeta ground; sweetheart neckline; strapless; low waistline above hip; full skirt with narrow bands of ruffled net on net ground; two wide horizontal bands of white ostrich feathers and small pink millinery roses at knee level; perpendicular band of ostrich feathers down center back; center back zipper; white taffeta underskirt. Label: Miss Bergdorf, Bergdorf Goodman, 746 Fifth Ave - New York. Worn by the daughters of the donor, Mrs. R. Stuyvesant Pierrepont: Miss Mary Stuyvesant Pierrepont (Mrs. James l. Wagnon), 1956; Miss Nathalie Pierrepont (Mrs. William T. Comfort, Jr.), 1958; Miss Louise Rutherfurd Pierrepont, 1959.

Details

  • Title: Ball gown in white net with applied white ostrich feathers and pink roses
  • Date Created: 1956
  • Provenance: Worn by the daughters of the donor, Mrs. R. Stuyvesant Pierrepont: Miss Mary Stuyvesant Pierrepont (Mrs. James l. Wagnon), 1956; Miss Nathalie Pierrepont (Mrs. William T. Comfort, Jr.), 1958; Miss Louise Rutherfurd Pierrepont, 1959.
  • Subject Keywords: Debutantes
  • Type: Gown
  • Medium: Net (textile), Ostrich feather, Silk (fiber), Taffeta, Artificial flower
  • Fashion house, designer, label: Saks & Company (New York, N.Y.)

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