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Gown
Main Bocher1930/1939
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, MA, United States
Floral gold lame bias cut gown. Custom made, numbered, floral gold lame bias cut evening dress. It is constructed in a combination of panels and pieces hand sewn together in a bias pattern. The lame floral material features muted colors of gold, bronze, peach, green, and silver. In lieu of a lining the lame is double faced with interior fabric identical to lame pattern but made of colorful silk charmeuse. Dress is cut shorter in the front and has a fantail back. Numbered: "18 984"
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Details
- Title: Gown
- Creator: Main Rousseau Bocher, known as Mainbocher
- Creator Birth Date: 1891
- Creator Death Date: 1976
- Date Created: 1930/1939
- Physical Dimensions: Center back: 70 in. (177.8 cm)
- Provenance: About 1990, Marilyn Glass, Los Angeles, CA; 2012, sold by Glass to the MFA. (Accession date: June 27, 2012)
- Type: Dress
- Rights: Museum purchase with funds donated by the Fashion Council, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in honor of Alexandra B. Huff. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All Rights Reserved.
- Medium: Gold lame
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