COLLECTION NAME:
Historic Costume Collection
Record
Object Name:
Dress
Collection Title:
Historic Costume Collection
Fashion House/Manufacturer:
Missoni (Italian, founded in 1953)
Donor:
James Berk
Location.Repository:
Department of Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Location.City:
Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)
Photo Credit:
Tom Slocum
Decade:
1970s-1980s
Date Photographed:
September 25,2015
Category:
Clothing
Class:
Main
Subclass:
Dress
User/Wearer:
Womenswear
Label:
MISSONI
Provenance:
This garment was owned by Ilona Beck (1918-2013) a professional dress maker, the donor's mother. Beck was born in Czechoslovakia and was a Holocaust survivor. She lived most of her life in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Place of Origin:
Italy
Object Description:
Multi colored printed caftan dress with optional twisted rope belt.
Description of View:
Front
Silhoutte:
Caftan
Primary Color:
Multi
Garment Components:
Dress, Belt
Structural Design:
Rolled collar with gathered front neckline. Neckline gathered by twisted rope cord that ties at center front. Yoke at shoulders and upper back. Full dress body features gathers at yoke that flow into fullness at dress hemline. Long sleeves feature a hem edge that is gathered by twisted rope cord that ties. Patch pockets at left and right front hip feature the same gathered cord detail.
Neckline:
Gathered
Neck Treatment:
Rolled Collar
Fabric Design:
Floral / Foliage
Sleeve:
Kimono sleeve
Accession Number:
UNL Historic Costume Collection 2014.003.025
Collection Information:
Digital collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Image Publisher:
University of Nebraska--Lincoln
Historic Costume Collection
