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This dress is a copy after designs by couturiere Madeleine Vionnet. The bias-cut panels of satin are combined in a cubist-influenced collage that achieves color differences through the way in which the orientation of the satin fabric catches the light.

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The Misses Briganti
American, New York
After Madeleine Vionnet
French, 1876-1975
Dress, 1932
Silk; satin;
rhinestone buckle

Gift of Dr. Louis J. Cella, Jr.
1991.169.1

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