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Evening Dress in Thai National Style
Pierre Balmain for Balmain1967
Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles
Bangkok, Thailand
Jacquard-woven silk and metal-thread brocade with crystal, bead, paillette, and silver-metal thread embroidery for an official trip to Iran in April 1967, this mandarin-collared, sleeveless
variation on Thai national dress is made from a European silk and metal-thread brocade completely concealed beneath a layer of Lesage’s characteristically complex embroidery.
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Details
- Title: Evening Dress in Thai National Style
- Creator: Pierre Balmain
- Creator Birth Date: 1914
- Creator Death Date: 1982
- Fashion House: Balmain
- Manufacturer: House of Lesage
- Date Created: 1967
- Location Created: Paris, France
- Type: Dress
- Rights: Collection of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit.
- Medium: Woven silk,metal-thread brocade, bead
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