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Type	Physical Object
Basic ID	Afternoon dress, 1910. Silk velvet, silk satin, silk lace. Jeanne Paquin, France. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Rumsey. 1940.155
Title	Dress
Artists/Makers	Paquin, Jeanne, 1869-1936 (designer)
Place of Origin	Paris (France)
Date	1910
Physical Description	Dress, floor-length, with small train of purple silk velvet. High stand collar, Empire waistline, and elbow-length sleeves. Trimmed with purple silk satin and cream-colored silk lace.
Materials/Techniques	silk (fiber) velvet (fabric weave) satin lace (needlework)
Object History	Worn by Mrs. Henry A. Rumsey. In 1911, the Rumseys commissioned a grand home - modeled after the eighteenth-century Clifford Manor House in Warwickshire, England - on eight acres in Lake Forest, Illinois. The label on this dress states it was made for the winter season of 1910. Perhaps Mrs. Rumsey wore this dress at one of the opening parties of her new Lake Forest home.
Curatorial Statement	Jeanne Paquin designed gowns of quiet sophistication for women of refined taste. Her clients included the queens of Belgium, Portugal, and Spain. Robert Forrest wrote in 1925, "Fashion once simply did not know what to wear until Madame Paquin brought out her season's models; and as for her competitors, their plight was pitiful."
Classification	costume (mode of fashion)
Categories	clothing main garments afternoon dress
Object Types	dresses (garments)
Credit Line	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Rumsey
Owner	Chicago Historical Society
Copyright Notice	© Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2017, all rights reserved.
Exhibition History	Chic Chicago : Couture Treasures from the Chicago History Museum. Fashion Institute of Technology (2007/10/12 - 2008/01/05) Chic Chicago : Couture Treasures from the Chicago History Museum. Chicago History Museum (2008/09/27 - 2009/07/26)
Object Number	1940.155
Image File Name	ICHi-63362; ICHi-63367; ICHi-63366; ICHi-63364; ICHi-63369; ICHi-63363
Language	English
Repository	Chicago History Museum. 1601 North Clark Street Chicago, Illinois 60614-6038
Collection Name	Museum Collection (Chicago History Museum)
Research Inquiry	http://libguides.chicagohistory.org/research
Licensing Inquiry	Visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or email rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org

Basic ID	Afternoon dress, 1910. Silk velvet, silk satin, silk lace. Jeanne Paquin, France. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Rumsey. 1940.155
Title	i63363
Copyright Notice	© Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2017, all rights reserved.
Repository	Chicago History Museum. 1601 North Clark Street Chicago, Illinois 60614-6038
Collection Name	Museum Collection (Chicago History Museum)

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