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Dress designed by Ann Lowe

Creator Name

Ann Lowe, American, 1898 - 1981;
Patricia Schieffer, American;
Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007

Cultural Context

African Americans

Date

1950s

About the Work

National Museum of African American History and Culture Object Description
A cream silk faille dress with embroidered floral appliqué decorations designed by Ann Lowe. The dress has a bodice with cap sleeves, a scoop neck front, and a deep scoop neck back. Shaping of the bodice and waist is created with princess seams, but there is no waistline seam. The skirt is shaped round and very full, with some additional fullness at the hips. The dress is decorated throughout with machine-embroidered cream and pink flowers with green leaves. The embroidery is stitched to the dress at the neckline, the center back seam to the back waist of the bodice, and in six large sprays to the skirt at the front left, proper left, back left, back right, proper right, and ...

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Title

Dress designed by Ann Lowe

Creator

Ann Lowe, American, 1898 - 1981, Designed by;
Patricia Schieffer, American, Worn by;
Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007, Subject of

Worktype

dresses; Dresses (garments)

Cultural Context

African Americans

Material

silk faille, nylon net, tulle, linen gauze, silk organza, metal, metal boning, cotton thread, and elastic

Dimensions

H x W x D (On form): 54 × 33 × 29 1/2 in. (137.2 × 83.8 × 74.9 cm);
Waist: 23 in. (58.4 cm)

Technique

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Language

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Date

1950s;
Date: 1958

Provenance

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane

Style Period

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Rights

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Location

New York City; New York; United States; North and Central America

Subjects

African American; Clothing and dress; Design; Fashion; Fashion design; Social life and customs; Women; Society

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