Bissonnette on Costume
Time Search; The Twentieth Century: 1920 to 1929
Anne Bissonnette, Curator
Kent State University Museum

Day dress, early 1920s.
Navy crinkled silk chiffon, with woven geometric sunburst design in red plush, red velvet ribbon.
Kent State University Museum
The Helen O. Borowitz Collection
KSUM 1997.71.6

Evening dress, early 1920s.
Gray silk chiffon, embroidered with green, dark green, gray, blue,pink and clear seed beads and pearls on a gray chiffon background.
Kent State University Museum
The Helen O. Borowitz Collection
KSUM 1996.60.9

Day dress, second half of the 1920s.
Silk crinkle chiffon printed with abstract flowers in pink, purple, lilac and red on a cream ground.
Kent State University Museum
The Helen O. Borowitz Collection
KSUM 1996.60.6

Evening dress, mid 1920s.
Black silk chiffon embroidered with white and gray seed beads.
Kent State University Museum
The Helen O. Borowitz Collection
KSUM 1997.71.3

Evening dress by Gabrielle Chanel, France, 1926.
Teal blue silk chiffon with applied ombré blue silk fringes.
Kent State University Museum
The Helen O. Borowitz Collection
KSUM 1997.71.7

Evening coat, mid 1920s.
Black silk faille with metallic gold brocaded leaf pattern, gray squirrel collar and Nile green velvet lining.
Kent State University Museum
The Helen O. Borowitz Collection
KSUM 1997.71.5

Day dress, second half of the 1920s.
Printed silk chiffon in plaid of hot pinks, black, turquoise and orange on a cream ground.
Kent State University Museum
The Helen O. Borowitz Collection
KSUM 1997.71.2

Evening wrap by Liberty of London, England, 1920s.
Caftan style wrap in coral silk crepe with taupe lining.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1996.058.0088 (wrap)
KSUM 1996.10.1 (hat), gift of the Faith Followers of Helen Steiner Rice

Day dress, late 1920s.
Silk chiffon dress made of a combination of printed and plain fabrics.The lower portion is printed with peach colored chrysanthemums motifs on a black ground. The upper portion peach silk chiffon is embroidered with white seed beads and clear silverline bugle beads.
Kent State University Museum
The Helen O. Borowitz Collection
KSUM 1994.85.8ab

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