Evening dress

Design House House of Vionnet French
 Designer Madeleine Vionnet French

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Though there are separate specialists for applied braid and fringe, known as the crépinières, Vionnet chose in this instance to employ an embroidery of individual graduated lengths of silk thread passed and looped through the fabric, with each thread forming two drops of fringe. The scallop arcs constitute the sole decoration of the dress.

Evening dress, House of Vionnet (French, active 1912–14; 1918–39), rayon, French

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Evening dress, House of Vionnet (French, active 1912–14; 1918–39), rayon, French
Evening dress, House of Vionnet (French, active 1912–14; 1918–39), rayon, French
Evening dress, House of Vionnet (French, active 1912–14; 1918–39), rayon, French
Evening dress, House of Vionnet (French, active 1912–14; 1918–39), rayon, French

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