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Prom Dress

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1964

GUSN

GUSN-223199

Description

Full length sleeveless dress with scoop neck. Blue taffeta overlaid with matching organza, skirt lined throughout with white pellon. Bodice ornamented with crystal beads and sequins, shaped with pleats caught together with a narrow vertical band at the center below the bust. Has attached white nylon underskirt. Metal zipper. Has bow of matching blue fabrics at center back at waistline.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dresses (garments)
proms
Women's clothing
Dress

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

50 x 12 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard C. Nylander

Accession Number

2008.12.19.1

Places

Acton (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)

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