Bruce Oldfield
Cocktail Dress

DesignerBritish, born 1950
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Cocktail Dress
Date1989
MediumWool
DimensionsOverall: 37 × 22 in. (94 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Irene Robertson
Object number99.176
Non exposé

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ProvenanceIrene Robertson; given to MFAH, 1999.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited, November 12, 2000 - February 11, 2001, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Andrews Gallery, ¦British Designers: From Monarchy to Anarchy¦
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: There is a label on the interior of the dress: "UK 8 / USA 6 Dryclean only Made in England".
There is a label on the interior of the dress: "Bruce Oldfield".

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