Dress
Date: 1920s
Material: silk, lamé thread, glass sead beads, metal beads
2017.11
Label: none
Chartreuse chiffon drop waist dress with paneled skirt. Heavy glass beading in metallic silver with silver thread and plastic seed pearl fleur de lis designs.
Measurements:
Bust - 36 inches
Waist - 36 inches
Shoulder to shoulder - 16 inches
Neckline to bottom hem - 34 inches
More Information: Although the density of the beading on this dress isn’t as considerable as other iconic flapper evening gowns, it still weighs heavily on the thin Georgette silk, putting strain on the shoulders. The central design has been created with a variety of materials: silver bugle beads, silvered glass beads, lamé or metallic embroidery, as well as celluloid pearls. The pearls, being an early plastic, have melted as they have aged, leaving crusty, half crushed beads throughout the design.
