Pewter shorts 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: Pair of pewter glazed twill cotton shorts designed by Arthur McGee. The shorts are culottes style with a series of deep box pleats sewn below the short waistband to create the culottes shape. They close at the proper left waist with two (2) flat hook-and-eyes. The glazed cotton has an iridescent and metallic quality. The shorts are not lined. A white fabric label with black embroidered text is sewn at the interior proper left waist that reads "me and mcgee / for / alba".
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: 2007.3.71.2
objectType: label: Type
content: shorts
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: cotton with metal hook-and-eyes
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (flat): 19 1/2 × 29 1/2 in. (49.5 × 74.9 cm)