DepartmentTextiles-Hispano US
Feria-style flamenco dress
NameDress
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Date1940s - 1950s
Place madeNew Mexico, United States, NORTH AMERICA
Mediumcotton, metal, starch
Dimensions51 3/16 × 28 3/8 × 9 13/16 in. (130 × 72 × 25 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lynn Hathaway, A.2018.46.1
Object numberA.2018.46.1
DescriptionYouth white cotton flamenco dress with blue polka dots (lunares). Starched skirt with five tiers of ruffles. The v-necked bodice has two shaping darts extending upwards from the waist. The short sleeves have two tiers of ruffles. All the ruffles --skirt and sleeves--are edged in a solid blue 1.3 cm strip. The back also is v-necked with darts and a metal zipper closure of 40 cm extending from the neck into the skirt. A hook (missing) and eye finish the closure.
Artist Not Recorded
1830–35
1980-1981
1965
