Simcox, a New York dressmaker, highlights the Egyptian revival in fashion with this evening dress. ancient-Egypt influenced designs were a recurring theme during the 19th and early 20th centuries, reaching their height in the 1920s with Howard Carter's discovery of King Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922. The curved bead motifs flanking the blue scarab mimic the representation of disk and horn headdress of Hathor and Isis. The asymmetric construction of the bodice is a representative style popular after 1910. The dress was worn by Jennie Lamson Currier on the occasion of marriage of the donor, C. Otto v. Kienbusch (1884-1976) to Mildred Clarke Pressinger (ca. 1888-1968), on January 4, 1912.
