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French

Dress, ca. 1927

Now On View

Description

Maker

Unknown

Culture

French

Title

Dress

Year

ca. 1927

Medium

Silk net with embroidery

Materials/Techniques

Materials

silk

Dimensions

101.6 cm (40 inches) (center back length)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Made in France

Type

Fashion,
Costume

Credit

Gift of L. J. Cella III

Object Number

1990.129.44

Exhibition History

The Art and Design of Spider Silk

September 27, 2019 - April 19, 2020

Cinema often plays a role in setting fashion trends, and in the late 1920s the Chinese silent film Pan si dong (also released as The Cave of Silken Web and Cave of the Spider Women) inspired a number of spider-web-embellished garments in Europe. From this lace dress embroidered with webs to the Vionnet gown decorated with a glass-bead web at the hip, it was in vogue to be a “black widow.”

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