Black Satin Evening Dress
Date made: 1920s
Description: Long black satin evening dress, sleeveless with modest V-neck.
From Model Gown department, Dickins and Jones Ltd, a high quality department store in London. Dickins and Jones traded between 1835 and 2007, although its origins trace back to 1790. From 1835, the main store was in London's Regent Street. In its final years the store had branches at Epsom, Richmond and Milton Keynes. The name later became a fashion brand of House of Fraser.
(Reference image taken in the 1990s.)
Materials: silk
Object name: dress
Collection: Costume & Textiles Collection
ID Number: 1981-0099