dress, 1-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1955
name: label: designer
content: Estevez, Luis
label: manufacturer
content: Grenelle
label: used by
content: Sullivan, Katherine
label: maker
content: Estevez, Luis
notes: label: Description
content: Evening; black taffeta strapless gown embroidered all over with copper-colored roses; princess-seamed bodice; underlined in taffeta and boning along seams; back of bodice dropping in the shape of a U below the waist; left side zipper with hook and eye fastener; black grosgrain waistline stay to control dress from shifting; straight skirt with darts on either side of center front; lined in black taffeta; back with fully gathered pouf skirt attaches to back bodice and side seam of front; four layers of black net with ruffles sewn under pouf skirt to enhance fullness; back of straight skirt in black taffeta with a center back seam and 12-inch slit opening.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: made in
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: used in
content: United States: New York, West Point
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Robert P. Sullivan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.291445.001
label: catalog number
content: 291445.001
label: accession number
content: 291445
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 1-Piece
label: Other Terms
content: Dress, 1-Piece; Entire Body; Main Dress; Female
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: center back: 49 in; 124.46 cm
label: Measurements
content: waist: 25 in; 63.5 cm