Mount Mary University Digital Collections

Dress

Item

Title

Dress

Description

Burgundy rayon crepe day dress; square neckline; long raglan sleeves with covered buttons at wrists; stitching thread is lighter than fabric color; hand-overcasting in heavy thread; bias cut; seamlines across hips; not lined; multicolored Eastern European-inspired cross-stitch floral embroidery, in strips on bodice neckline and top of sleeves; rows of faggotting near embroidery; mid-calf length. Label: "Adaptation Mainbocher Paris".

Relation

Detail of label (Object ID #2004.03.879)

Creator

Mainbocher Adaptation

Date

1930-1940

Source

Donor: Charles Kleibacker

Is Part Of

Mainbocher exhibit

Identifier

Object ID #2004.03.879
https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/files/original/e6c4ae069a07226f9357d8cdb03ad274.jpg

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Subject

Clothing and dress

Type

Still Image

Format

360 View

Citation

Mainbocher Adaptation, “Dress,” Mount Mary University Digital Collections, accessed April 26, 2025, https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/4346.