Ensembles Left to Right:
Jeanne Rose (b. 1937), ensemble (jacket and pants), 1967–1968. Cotton and silk cut and uncut velvet with guipure trim and pewter buttons. Collection of the artist
Ensemble (dress and pants), 1920s/1960s. Silk chiffon dress with glass-bead embroidery and attached silk sleeves, 1920s; crushed synthetic velvet pants, 1960s. Collection of Helene Robertson
Jeanne Rose (b. 1937), “Persian Nights” dress, 1966. Silk chiffon and printed cotton plain weave. Collection of the artist
Yvonne Porcella (1936–2016), dress, ca. 1970. Cotton with supplementary-weft patterning, printed cotton, ribbons, San Blas Island (Panama) cotton molas (appliqué and reverse appliqué). Private collection
Afghanistan, Kuchi people, dress, ca. 1960. Pieced synthetic velvet with cotton cross-stitch embroidery and paste stones, applied glass-bead medallion,
couched metallic braid, galloon trim, mirror-work embroidery (button hole, chain, and satin stitches), printed plain-weave cotton, printed synthetic and Lurex plain weave, and machine embroidery. Collection of Rose Solomon