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Therese Blanchet, design label

Chemise, 1923

Description

Maker

Therese Blanchet, Paris, active 1920s, design label

Title

Chemise

Year

1923

Medium

Lamé, gold-wrapped silk metallic lace, sequin trim

Materials/Techniques

Materials

silk,
metallic yarn

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Therese BlanchetParis, France

Place

Paris

Type

Fashion,
Costume

Credit

Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Gerry

Object Number

59.031.8

Exhibition History

Luminous Lace

January 27 - July 30, 2017

This lamé and lace chemise is by the French design label Therese Blanchet. Sumptuous materials compose this abbreviated garment, including two weights of metallic thread used in the lace, golden sequins, and the lamé ground fabric. A heavier metallic thread (composed of a yellow silk thread encapsulated within a sheet of metal) highlights discrete areas of the lace border.

This undergarment would have been worn for modesty under a transparent beaded and embellished shift.

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