Evening Gown Front View
Gown: Auguest & Emile Poussineau
FIDM MUSEUM & GALLERIES
Los Angeles, United States
Gown: Two-piece evening gown by Félix in silk velvet consisting of (A) Bodice with glass beaded lace over silk; low V-neck has standing beaded collar at back; puffed sleeves; cuffs of ruched silk with tulle overlay, beading and lace; large-scale scroll motif travels from waist towards shoulder; bodice comes to point below waist; embellished waistband; princess seams; boning; petersham of white watered grosgrain silk ribbon with hook-and-eye closure Label: "A. FELIX BREVETE\ [illegible address]\ PARIS" (B) Silk velvet overskirt with wide split at CF reveals pleated silk lining and beaded lace.
Date: 1893-95
Handkerchief: Cotton batiste handkerchief with linen Maltese lace border; square handkerchief with scalloped lace along edge of handkerchief; floral embroidery at one corner.
Label: none
Date: 1875-99
- Title: Evening Gown Front View
- Creator: Gown: Auguest & Emile Poussineau
- Date Created: 1893/1895
- Location Created: Handkerchief: Austria
- Physical Dimensions: Gown: Bodice CB: 21 1/4"; Skirt CB: 44 1/2" Handkershief: 14" x 14 3/4"
- Provenance: Gown: FIDM Museum Purchase: Funds generously donated by Tonian Hohberg Handkerchief: Gift of Yvonne Hummel
- Type: Gown, Handkerchief
- Rights: © FIDM Museum & Library, Inc. Image made available for limited non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, or for fair use as defined in the United States copyright laws. Users must cite the author and source of the image as they would material from any printed work, and the citations should include the URL “www.fidmmuseum.org”. For publication or press requests, visit http://www.fidmmuseum.org/about/rights-and-reproductions/ or email imagerights@FIDMmuseum.org.
- Medium: Gown: Silk velvet, silk satin, silk netting, silk embroidery floss & jet Handkerchief: Cotton batiste & linen Maltese lace
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