French Batiste Graduation Dress

Artist unidentified

Date1908

Mediumlace, cotton

DimensionsOverall: 15 5/8 x 47 9/16 in. (39.6 x 120.9 cm)

ClassificationsClothing, Costume, & Accessories

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Don Ambrosio Armijo Family, via the Albuquerque Historical Society

Terms

Object numberPC1967.2.26

DescriptionWhite French Batiste graduation dress made in 1908 in St. Louis, Missouri by a French modiste. Dress was originally five yards in circumference, floor length, and contained 180 yards of lace; the dress had a high neck, French Vacenciennes and Cluny lace, and a panel of handmade french embroidery.

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