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Jessie Franklin Turner, designer

Ensemble (Dress and Coat), 1930s

Description

Maker

  • Jessie Franklin Turner, 1881-1956, American, designer

Title

Ensemble (Dress and Coat)

Year

1930s

Medium

Coat: silk velvet, metallic bobbin-lace trim, metallic silk-brocade piping
Dress: silk satin

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Helen Danforth; Transferred from the Costume Research Collection

Object Number

1986.036

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Luminous Lace

January 27 - July 30, 2017

This luxurious ensemble was made for entertaining at home. The satin bias-cut dress skimmed the figure, while the velvet robe enveloped it. The intricate construction of the robe—with multiple pattern pieces at the waist seam, mitered pieces at derrière, and engineered cuffs—is a signature of the designer Jessie Franklin Turner.

The cuffs, dripping with re-embroidered silver lace, must have appealed in particular to Helen Danforth, an avid collector of lace who donated many examples to the RISD Museum’s collections. Most of the small lace samples on view here were donated by Danforth’s aunt, Eliza Greene Metcalf Radeke.

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