Browse Items (25 total)

Creator: Jeanne Lanvin

Date: 1921

cream satin dress with blue-green sash and embroidery, gray beading, aqua chiffon sash

dark green beaded gauze dress; A: Green cotton gauze and green silk chiffon dress, 1.5 inch beading embellishment on chiffon around neckline, hem, asymmetrically down side; shoulder and side seams open to waist

B: dark green netting and lace…

Date: 1925 (circa)

Gold flapper dress with black beading. The donor stated that this dress was worn by Alice Nelson for her 1925 wedding in Elgin, Illinois.

Date: 1925 (circa)

Gold jacquard evening sheath, sleeveless, scoopneck, 1929? '˜Handkerchief' hem, very uneven, animal motif jacquard; Gold jacquard evening sheath, sleeveless, scoopneck, 1929? '˜Handkerchief' hem, very uneven; jacquard with floral motif and elephants,…

Date: 1920-1929

Golden yellow silk crepe chiffon or georgette; gold possibly plastic star sequins; glass gold bugle beads, putter colored ball beads; drop waist silhouette; scoop neck; sleeveless, smocking at shoulders; skirt comprised of 3 tiers; alternating…

orange chiffon flapper dress; Two toned orange chiffon flapper dress; crepe skirt lining; left side drape

pale yellow velvet dropwaist dress

Date: 1925 (circa)

Rose crepe beaded sleeveless dropwaist dress (would have been worn with a slip/lining).

Date: 1920-1929

teal long sleeved silk dress with detailed seaming at waist and hips; teal long sleeved silk crepe backed satin dress with detailed seaming at waist and hips; covered buttons on center back closure; sleeves gathered into elbows; seam detailing…

Wine colored silk crepe chiffon over wine silk satin; iridescent white beads; metallic black beads; one random blue bead; metal snaps; Drop waist silhouette; boat neckline; snaps on left shoulder; sleeveless with fluttery appendages; linear beaded…