Liberty & Co.
Day Dress

Design houseEnglish, established 1875
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Day Dress
Date1930–1939
PlaceLondon, England
MediumBlack silk crepe and smocking
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Costume Institute Founders' Fund
Object number86.629
Non exposé

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Provenance[Mrs. Sukie Tomass, England]; purchased by MFAH, 1986.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Threads of Fashion," October 7 to November 14, 1993, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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