Evening Dress in Thai National Style – (Pierre Alexandre Claudius Balmain) Previous Next


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Date: 1967

Museum: Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles (Bangkok, Thailand)

Technique: Metal

Jacquard-woven silk and metal-thread brocade with crystal, bead, paillette, and silver-metal thread embroidery for an official trip to Iran in April 1967, this mandarin-collared, sleevelessvariation on Thai national dress is made from a European silk and metal-thread brocade completely concealed beneath a layer of Lesage’s characteristically complex embroidery.

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