dress
date: label: date made
content: 1986
notes: label: Description
content: Yellow-green, unlined, silk dress w/scooped neckline in F and B. CB opening w/covered 12" green plastic zipper. Short (6" inseam) inset sleeves decorated at ends with a 3.25" wide trim made of gold colored threads and beads forming two red "flowers" on long golden curving stems. Dress flares slightly at waist. At bottom of skirt, same band of trim decorates front half of skirt; back half undecorated. Slits on both sides of dress, reaching upward 9" from hem. On forward edge of both slits a piece of the top of the trim is stitched; this trim (0.75" W) shows slightly when wearer walks. Dress handmade and shows extensive hand-done stitches on underside to hold trim in place.
label: Description
content: Mac and Bubbly Duggal were married in New Delhi, India in 1986. The gown was designed by Bubbly using the traditional Indian body silhouette and pattern but the heavy gold embroidery pattern and thread along with the vibrant color combinations were selected by Bubbly. This dress was worn the day following the wedding when Bubbly was presented to family and friends of the House of Duggal, a customary Indian celebration. An oral history was conducted with the donor on April 6, 2016. An unedited transcript of this oral history is available for scholarly research through the Archives Center of the National Museum of American History. The collection is "Family of Voices Oral History Project," collection number AC 1365.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: India
topic: label: Subject
content: Asian
label: Subject
content: Weddings, Second Day
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Manmohan Singh Duggal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0386.09
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0386.09
label: accession number
content: 2016.0386
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress, wedding
label: Object Name
content: dress
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall center back: 34 1/2 in; 87.63 cm