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Woman's "Black Swan"cocktail dress, of black tulle and lace, sleeveless, deep v-shaped neckline, wide shawl collar, knee-length full skirt: French, Paris, by Yves Saint Laurent for Christian Dior, Spring/Summer 1959
K.2018.4.1
Yves Saint Laurent YSL, Designer
Paris, France, Western Europe
1959
Black tulle and lace cocktail dress worn with matching under dress of black tulle, K.2018.4.2. Woman’s dress, of black tulle and lace, sleeveless, deep v-shaped neckline, wide shawl collar, collar is decorated with tiers of black lace with a scalloped edge to create a ruffle effect, fastening internally at centre front with one row of metal hooks and eyes and another row of 2 metal hooks and eyes and 4 metal press studs, bodice decorated on the exterior with 5 decorative plastic swirling buttons, bodice fitted into waistline, internal waist tape fastening at the centre front with one metal hook and eye. Knee length skirt, of panels of tulle edged in black scalloped edged lace and tightly pleated into the waistline to create fullness.
Beyond the Little Black Dress (01 Jul 2023 - 29 Oct 2023)
National Museum of Scotland
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'Summer', a cream coloured gesso panel in a white wood frame, depicting in low relief a woman looking upwards to four naked children, signed 'Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh 1904', Glasgow, 1904
Dark coloured phrenological head divided into areas, published by T.S. Prideaux in 1838
Stela of wood covered with gesso, round topped and painted showing the Lady of the House Shepset-ireru worshipping Re and Atum: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 26th Dynasty, Late Period
Stela of wood covered with gesso and painted, showing the Lady of the House Ta-kai worshipping Ra-Horakhty as a falcon-headed god seated on a throne: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 22nd Dynasty, Third Intermediate Period, c.800-715 BC
Wooden stool with a semi-circular seat, hollowed above for comfort and cambered below: Ancient Egyptian, 18th - 19th Dynasty
Stela in wood covered with gesso, round topped and painted showing a woman kneeling before Re-Horakhty, split in half and repaired: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, late 22nd Dynasty, Third Intermediate Period
Figure of the arhat (disciple of the Buddha) Hattara Sonja of wood covered with gesso, painted and gilt, seated on base with his tiger crouching beside him: Japan, 1837
Figure of an arhat (disciple of the Buddha), of carved wood covered with gesso, painted and gilt, seated on a rectangular base, inscribed: Japan, 1837
Cabinet with twin doors, of wood overlaid with black lacquer decorated with lacquer designs in gold in Chinese style, on a stand of wood covered with gesso and gilt with legs and stretcher carved with leafy scrolls and flowers: English, c. 1670 - 1675
Statue of a female saint, possibly St Catherine of Alexandria, or maybe St Barbara, oak with traces of paint and gesso: South Netherlandish, c. 1480 - 1490
Statue of 'The Martyrdom of St Sebastian' in painted oak after a print by Master ES: German, the Lower Rhine Region, a follower of Arnt von Kalkar, c. 1480 - 1490, with later repainting and arrows
Panel of carved wood with gesso and traces of pigment, representing the Adoration of the Magi in high relief: South German, Swabia, probably Ulm, c. 1520
Reliquary bust of a bishop in mitre, alb and cope, with cavity for a relic in his chest, of carved wood with painted and gilt gesso: South German, 16th century
Figure of the Virgin and Child (Madonna and Child) in carved poplar wood with gesso and bearing traces of pigment and gilding: Italian, Umbria, by the Master of the Gualino St Catherine (Santa Caterina Gualino), 1315 - 1345
Figure of the Virgin kneeling, in carved oak with traces of polychromy on gesso, probably originally part of a nativity group: Netherlandish, c. 1500
Figure group of the Virgin and Child on a crescent moon, in carved oak with traces of polychromy on gesso: Netherlandish, possibly Brabant, late 15th century