Evening Dress 48.78 Temporary Exhibition: "Wedding Belles: Bridal Fashions from the Marjorie Merriweather Post Family, 1874-1958"
COSTUME, POST FAMILY Dress (Garment) Callot Soeurs FRANCE: Paris 1930-1935 Crêpe-backed satin, crêpe chiffon H. 15 1/2 in. (shoulder to waist front); H. 16 in. (shoulder to waist back); Dia. 26 1/2 in. (waist circumference); H. 44 in. (waist to hem front); H. 45 in. (waist to hem back); Dia. 124 in. (hem circumference)
Marjorie Merriweather Post's daughter, Eleanor Post Close (1909-2007), wore this gown for her marriage to Etienne Marie Robert Gautier in Paris on April 4, 1933.