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Description: | White striped stiffened muslin (organdie) flock-printed with small sprays and large floral border in black flock. Lined with white corded rayon.
Square neck. Very short sleeves. Bodice fronts meet CF waist and overlap with a plain white section. LS seam opening with zip. Skirt open down Cf over narrow underskirt. Floral border insertions at neck. Skirt printed with border along hem. Neck front, sleeve and hem edges scalloped and trimmed with black velvet ribbon. Underskirt plain white. Applied border pattern and black velvet at hem. Rayon lining of dress in the form of a slip with boned strapless bodice.
Designed by Norman Hartnell and exhibited at a parade of "British Cotton Fashion" at the Free Trade Hall Manchester, May 14 1954, for the Jubilee International Cotton Congress. Flock-printed organdie by Whitworth and Mitchell Ltd.
Harnell was at the height of his success and popularity in the middle 1950s.
Cotton Board
Technique: woven
Technique: printed
Technique: appliqued
Material: cotton
Material: organdie
Material: velvet
Material: rayon
White striped stiffened muslin (organdie) flock-printed with small sprays and large floral border in black flock. Lined with white corded rayon.
dress by Sir Norman Hartnell, Whitworth & Mitchell Ltd., 1954, (1957.486). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.6306 | Go to resource |
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