dress, 3-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1976
name: label: maker
content: Trigere, Pauline
notes: label: Description
content: SCARVES: Each with blue center ground and a 7-1/2" wide black border with chinnoiserie and geometric block edging motifs and a designer's signature in one corner, are pieced together into a 3-piece dress. DRESS: Bodice scarves seamed front and back center to create V-neckline; scarf points jointed at shoulders; sleeveless; seams at sides and non-fitted waistline to create trapeze-style A-line; scarf points joined to create uneven hemline; CB Length 51". BELT: Bias-cut scarves, black border area exposed, seamed diagnoally to create a tube covering a 4" wide elastic interface; cinches in the dress from waist to breast area to create a fitted look. CAPE: Two scarves joined at one point; the joined area meant to fit center front neck, with the scarves draped over the shoulders and hanging in back; each scarf is 33.5" square.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Trigere, Inc. (through: Pauline Trigere)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0223.008
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 3-Piece