Light grey wool dress designed by Arthur McGee
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-late 20th century
name: label: Designed by
content: Arthur McGee, American, 1933 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: Light grey wool dress designed by Arthur McGee. The body of the dress is cut straight with seams at the center front and center back. It opens at the center front bodice, fastening with eight (8) large pale yellow glass globe buttons over self-fabric loops, with the buttons clumped in pairs. The dress has a folded standing collar that extends at each front side to tie at the center front neck. The ties are tapered, getting wider at the ends. The sleeves are full-length and cut straight. Two (2) patch pockets with rounded bottom corners are sewn one at each front side waist. The bottom seam of the back yoke comes to a point at the center. The dress is not lined and there are no labels.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.3.63
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wool with glass buttons
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (flat): 44 × 18 1/2 in. (111.8 × 47 cm)