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Thai Siwalai Dress (Gold)

Pierre Balmain1972

Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles

Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles
Bangkok, Thailand

Dress and attached shoulder cloth of silk and metal-thread brocade (phaa yok) bead, and sequin embroidery by House of Lesage, Paris. The four-petal flowers brocaded into the silk have been embroidered setting them off from their surrounding diamond lattice.
Her Majesty Queen Sirikit wore this dress at a dinner hosted by Their Majesties for HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Philip, Chakri Throne Hall Grand Palace, Bangkok, 10 February 1972.
QSMT 2010.38.9

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  • Title: Thai Siwalai Dress (Gold)
  • Creator: Pierre Balmain
  • Date created: 1972
Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles

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