(a) 56.5 cm (centre back) 69.0 cm (sleeve length) (jacket) (b) 149.0 cm (centre back) 32.5 cm (waist, flat) (dress)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
(a) label, right seamline, printed in ink on white synthetic fabric: Schiaparelli / London. inscribed in blue pen and ink on reverse: 6918 (b) label, lower left seamline, printed in ink on white synthetic fabric: Schiaparelli / London. inscribed in blue pen and ink on reverse: 6918
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2019 This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Black silk velvet dress and jacket.
(a) The black velvet jacket is ornamented at front with trompe l’oeil gold and silver mirrors over each side front, with centres of rectangular mirror and glass beads. The ornamentation features gold and silver metallic thread and glass sequins at neckline. The jacket fastens with five black moulded buttons of a woman’s face, fastening with metallic hooks and eyes behind. The shoulders are padded with shirring across each side from. The jacket is lined in silk lining.
(b) Floor length black velvet dress with high front neckline and low back neckline. It fastens with a black zipper at proper left side back.