1985.R.1113, Lace: lower part of a dress Madrid '70, Spain, 18th century

In 1985, the Dallas Museum of Art's textile holdings experienced remarkable growth with the addition of The Wendy and Emery Reves extensive decorative arts collection. The Reves textile collection includes European vestments, bed coverings, velvets, silk fabrics, and laces, as well as carpets from Spain, Turkey, Egypt, and India.

Carol Robbins, “Textiles at the Dallas Museum of Art,” in Dallas Museum of Art 100 Years, eds. Dorothy Kosinski, et al. (Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art, 2003), 30.

There is documentation from 1989 indicating that "Mrs. Reves purchased it in Madrid in 1970 and paid 25.00 Escudos for the piece. This is problematic as the escudo is the currency of Portugal, not Spain."

Until 1970: Unidentified sale, Madrid, Spain, 1970 [1]

1970-1985: Emery Reves (1904-1983) and Wendy Reves (1916-2007) (owned jointly), La Pausa, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France [1] [2]

From 1985: Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection, gift of Wendy Reves (1916-2007) [2]

[1] According to a document found in the DMA object file that notes when Wendy Reves donated this object a handwritten note also accompanied it which indicated that she purchased it in Madrid, Spain in November 1970.

[2] According to: Olivier Meslay and Martha MacLeod, From Chanel to Reves (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2015), 4-5.

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