Blue and yellow print robe designed by Arthur McGee
date: label: Date
content: 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: A blue and yellow block print robe designed by Arthur McGee. The robe is made of yellow cotton fabric block printed with black in a pattern of diamonds that alternate between filled and void. Inside each diamond is an oval, some are filled with lines. Large diamonds with a white and black striped border have yellow insides with black lines running through. Three blue hair combs are inside each triangle. The robe opens in the center front and has three-quarter length kimono sleeves. A self-fabric two-inch band is sewn to each side of the center front opening. The bands transition into a back collar and have a center back seam. Inseam pockets are sewn along each side seam. A center back seam is sewn on the robe, it is machine sewn and the interior seams are finished with machine overcast stitching. A woven fabric label is placed vertically and sewn along the center back seam. The label reads [me and mcgee / by arthur mcgee]. A smaller fabric label is attached below which reads [L].
label: Cataloging Notes
content: This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
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: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
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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: 2007.3.129
objectType: label: Type
content: robes
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton
label: Dimensions
content: Length (shoulder to hem): 57 1/2 in. (146.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (shoulder to shoulder): 32 in. (81.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (flat): 30 in. (76.2 cm)