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Evening Dress

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Evening Dress

Cream satin, with silk chiffon and crepe de chine trimmed with Honiton and guipure lace, orange velvet and silver sequins. The pouched bodice and flared, trained skirt give the fashionable sweeping curves we associate with the Edwardian age.

Artist / Maker: Welborn of London

Place: England

Object Type: dress

Period: Edward VII

Broad Date: Edwardian

Actual Date: c.1905

Century: 20th century

Materials: Satin, Chiffon, Crepe de chine

Museum Accession Number: 1974.14/CST.1.711