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Department Store Martha Weathered, Inc.
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The varied light-reflective qualities of silver lace, silver lamé and rhinestones give this evening dress a festive and glamourous quality. Martha Weathered was a high-end women's retailer on Chicago's Michigan Avenue; this piece is an example of a good American-made 1920s dress.
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Title: Evening dress
Department Store:
Martha Weathered, Inc.
Date: ca. 1925
Culture: American
Medium: silk, metal, rhinestones
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. C. M. Andrews, 1951
Object Number: 2009.300.1171
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