This exquisite two-piece, ivory coloured silk satin and velvet ball gown was designed by Charles Frederick Worth in 1886. The Englishman was the pioneer of haute couture and one of the first designers to literally attach his name to his designs. Until then they had almost always remained anonymous. 'PARIS Worth PARIS', referring to the French capital where Worth opened his first fashion house in 1858 in the rue de la Paix, is printed on the waistband inside the bodice. It is now impossible to imagine that garments would not be 'signed'; it is no longer the quality, but the label on a garment which determines the value of a specific design. This ball gown was found in the attic of department store the Bijenkorf in Amsterdam and consequently donated to the Centraal Museum in 1984. Unfortunately we haven't managed to trace who stole the show when wearing it.
Title
Tweedelige baljapon bestaande uit lijfje en rok
Artist
Dating
1886
Material and technique
Object number
24808/001-002
Object type
Acquisition
schenking 1984
Dimensions
lengte voor (001) 104 cm
lengte achter (001) 171 cm
zoomomtrek (001) 435 cm (inclusief sleep)
taillewijdte (001) 89 cm
taillewijdte (002) 61 cm
mouwlengte (002) 18 cm
lengte voor (002) 34 cm
lengte achter (002) 41 cm
hoogte cm
breedte cm
diepte cm
Inscriptions and markings
- merk in tailleband in lijfje (ingeweven): PARIS Worth PARIS
Documentation
- Centraal Museum Utrecht [topstukken; 2020], Voorw. Bart Rutten, Marco Grob, Jacqueline Rutten (prod.), Hans Schopping, Sheila Stafleu, Lotte Bont, Thomas de Bruin (red.), (De Volkskrant, 30 januari 2015), pp. 142-143, met afb. in kleur
Exhibitions
- Collectieopstelling 2023 - zaal 11, Centraal Museum
- Uit de Mode, Centraal Museum
- Voici Paris! Haute Couture, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
- La Maison de Poupée. Arnhem Mode Biënnale 2009. Shape, Historisch Museum Arnhem
- Woman by Vivienne Westwood, Christian Dior Couture, Maison Martin Margiela, Junya Watanabe, Ann Demeulemeester, Veronique Leroy, Bernard Willhelm, Viktor & Rolf, Hussein Chalayan, Centraal Museum
- Ruisende Rokken : 200 jaar kostuums uit de collectie van het Centraal Museum Utrecht, Centraal Museum
- Reformkleding in Nederland, Centraal Museum
Persistent url
To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.D8D54B11-7B08-4B94-AD4B-CE2071D969CA
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