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Description: | Ball gown of apricot velvet and shot pink/green silk taffeta; boned bodice of silk velvet with short cap sleeves, longer to back; under-panel of ruched silk at neck; full skirt of shot silk, ruched and pleated, and caught to a large bow centre back; integral sillk petticoat lined with cream stiff paper; large woven inner label, 'Digby Morton Couture, London, New York'.
Belonged to Lady Jarratt.
Digby Morton started work at Lachasse in 1928 and opened his own house in 1934. After the war, he established an international house with particular success in the States where he worked from 1953-7. He closed his couture house in 1958.
Material: silk
Material: velvet
Ball gown of apricot velvet and shot pink/green silk taffeta, Digby Morton, 1953-1955 | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.70111 | Go to resource |
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