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Capelet

Description: Caplet of ermine. A) Short cape/caplet of white ermine fur. No collar, with high neckline. Single armhole at right side, set low, allowing lower arm to come through. Left side with no armhole, but with extra fullness so caplet drapes over arm. Fastens at upper left with hook and loop. As designed, the strips of fur appear diagonal when worn, creating the image of the piece being cut on the bias. Lined in pale peach/cream silk. Designer's label at inside right: "Madeline Vionnet / depose" B)… more
Date: 1930
Creator: Vionnet, Madeleine
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Child's dress

Description: Baby girl's white batiste cotton dress with lace and squared drawn work at the pin tucked neckline. Matching lace and drawn work at the cuff of the short puffed sleeves. Double row of squared drawn work around hem. Center back closure of three tiny mother-of-pearl buttons and loops. Cloth tape with blue script embroidered name: "Barbara Howell", for whom it was made.
Date: 1925
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Dress

Description: Cocktail or Evening Dress. The mid-length dress has a pink crepe under-dress/slip which is overlaid with a black net sheath embellished with lavish black bead-work in the forms of rose-heads forming a trellis and fan-shapes in the openings of the trellis. The dress is sleeveless, with a high boat neckline. At natural waist is an attached pink satin belt with bow in front. Center back zipper, with section of hooks-and-eyes at upper part. There are two labels in the dress, the Retailer's l… more
Date: 1950
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Girl's Dress

Description: Girl's dress of French white silk with red, blue, green and orange handwork in window pane style design. Double breasted with closure of four interior snaps with four non-functioning concave glass buttons. Short sleeves with 3/4" cuffs. Scalloped collar, hem of sleeve cuffs, high waist and opening of dress piped in coral orange silk. Unlined.
Date: 1933
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Hat

Description: Hat of ecru velvet. The domed upper section of the crown has closely shirred sides and circular upper panel. The sides of the crown are of smooth velvet, with horizontal folds and large applied velvet bow at back with slight trailing ribbons. The medium-width brim is also covered with tightly shirred velvet matching the upper sides of the crown. The underside of the brim is covered in velvet with light pleats. The inside of the crown is lined in cream silk(?). There are no designer, retai… more
Date: 1930
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Negligee

Description: Negligee and bed jacket ensemble of light beige crepe de chine with blue crepe de chine belt. Bias cut; handmade. a) Jacket: bolero length jacket with short gathered sleeves. The sleeve openings are bound in pale blue/gray silk ribbon. Curved front opening without closure devices. The opening is edged with a wide band of appliqued pale blue/gray silk in an abstracted motif extending from the sideseams and around the neckline. The opening and hem of the jacket are bound in pale blue/gray silk r… more
Date: 1940/1945
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Nightgown

Description: Nightgown of cream or off-white georgette, bias-cut with silk charmeuse and ecru colored alencon lace inserts following the bust line and applique flowers of self on bodice, straps of bias self looped through top of bust cups, bias insert at natural waist, full length. Bed jacket of matching alencon lace, waist length, short full set-in sleeves, center front opening with no closures.
Date: 1940
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Nightgown

Description: A) Nightgown of pink satin, bias-cut, with wide white floral lace edging at upper bodice, and band of floral embroidery in pink along base of lace band. Full-length, flaring to hem. Narrow straps, braided at shoulder. Attached self tie at waist. B) Matching pink satin underpants. No labels
Date: 1940
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Wedding dress

Description: Wedding dress and related pieces. A) Dress of cream white Fortuny pleated ruched silk fabric. Altered from original into Renaissance style; deep rounded neckline. Long sleeves with zipper closures. Center back zipper closure. B) Veil of cream/ecru mesh, with circular "crown" covered with narrow vertical pleats/ruching. Three plastic combs to hold crown to wearer's head. Short panel in front, floor-length in back. C) Slip. Cream silk? satin. Full-length. "Bustier" top/neckline. Zipper closur… more
Date: 1946
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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