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Dress

Dress
 1986

Medium
linen, silk
Measurements
110 cm (centre back) 34.5 cm (waist, flat)
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
label, centre back neckline, woven in red polyester on blue polyester: MARTIN GRANT
Accession Number
1999.318
Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Rosslynd Piggott, 1999
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Dress in dark blue linen with three-quarter length sleeves and a fitted waist. Collar with notched lapels; the underside lined with white linen. The skirt section has a series of box pleats of irregular lengths, which fall lower at the centre back than centre front. The dress fastens at the centre front with seven shank buttons, covered with black silk grosgrain fabric. The centre back shoulder section has a long horizontal opening, buttoned in the centre with a matching button and linen loop, the fabric draping open on either side of this fastening.