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Type	Physical Object
Basic ID	Evening gown, ca. 1938. Silk crepe. Attributed to Marcelle Chaumont, France. Gift of Mrs. Howard Linn. 1952.379a-b
Title	Dress
Artists/Makers	Chaumont, Marcelle, b. 1871 (designer)
Place of Origin	Paris (France)
Date	circa 1938
Physical Description	Dress (a), evening-style, of red crepe romaine. One-shouldered style with supplementary loop of fabric hanging diagonally over the body from proper left shoulder to proper right thigh. Floor-length. Slip (b) of light orange pink silk, with one shoulder strap.
Materials/Techniques	crepe (textile) silk (fiber)
Object History	Worn by donor, Mrs. Howard Linn.
Curatorial Statement	Mrs. Lucy Linn donated this dress to the museum in 1952. Although it does not have a label, catalogue records attributed the design to Madeleine Vionnet, one of Mrs. Linn's favorite designers. To authenticate the history of this piece, Betty Kirke, the leading historian on the life and work of Vionnet, studied the garment and concluded that it was made by Vionnet's former assistant, Marcelle Chaumont, who inherited Vionnet's business in 1938. To acquire this garment, Mrs. Linn would have traveled to Paris for the fittings. During research, staff discovered that she made two trips to Europe in the late 1930s.
Classification	costume (mode of fashion)
Categories	clothing main garments evening dress (concept)
Object Types	dresses (garments) evening dresses (garments)
Credit Line	Gift of Mrs. Howard Linn
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	1952.379a-b
Image File Name	ICHi-63390; ICHi-63395; ICHi-63394; ICHi-63389; ICHi-63391; ICHi-63391
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
Rights	For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org.

Basic ID	Evening gown, ca. 1938. Silk crepe. Attributed to Marcelle Chaumont, France. Gift of Mrs. Howard Linn. 1952.379a-b
Title	i63389
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)
Rights	For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org.

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