Dress

ca. 1951

The ivory strapless dress has a boned bodice with an interior slip skirt. Over the slip are two full length layers of light linen. Visible on top is an overskirt layer that only goes halfway down the dress in front, but is full length in the back. The bodice and the over skirt have appliques of pink flowers embroidered with black edges and stems. The store label is in the bodice and the designer label in the skirt.

American

linen

Overall: 36 x 55 in. (91.4 x 139.7 cm)

Purchased by Doris Duke at Bullocks-Wilshire

2006.458