DepartmentTextiles-Europe
Dress
NameDress
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateearly 20th century
Place madeDALARNA, SWEDEN, Europe
MediumWool, silk, metal
Dimensions50 13/16 × 26 3/4 × 3 1/8 in. (129 × 68 × 8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Florence Dibell Bartlett, A.1955.1.387 SC
Object numberA.1955.1.387 SC
DescriptionThis wool dress has a red bodice and straps with gold embroidery and edging, which is lined in red/white striped cotton. The attached skirt of black wool, part plain weave, with the back and sides of a corrugated wool.The wide hem area of the corrugated panel appears gathered as it falls. There is a front hook and eye closure.Artist unrecorded
Late 1970s