cape
date: label: Date made
content: 1958-1968
name: label: used by
content: Booth, Virginia
label: maker
content: Clare Potter
label: designer
content: Clare Potter
label: maker
content: Clare Potter
notes: label: Description
content: Purple, green, gold and blue plaid; brushed texture; collar consists of 2 rolled triangles which crossover in back; hook and eye at center front neckline; center front opening fastens with shaped tabs, each end with a buttonhole, to fasten over black plastic buttons on each side of upper opening; curved, fitted shoulders; vertical slits at right and left front have shaped flaps over openings; below shoulders, garment flares out at 45 degree angle
label: Description
content: Label text: Clare Potter
label: Description
content: Donor Virginia "Jimmie" Booth was a buyer for Lord & Taylor and was involved in Lord & Taylor's American Look program of the 1930s to 60s. American Look promoted American designers, and L&T president Dorothy Shaver chose designer Clare Potter early on for the program. Potter was one of the first designers to interpret social lifestyle changes from formal to casual. She designed clothes that could be worn for sport or town wear. Since the 1950s Booth was a close friend of Potter. Archival materials from Booth, including sketches from Potter, can be found in Archives Center collection NMAH.AC.0729.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: used in
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: used in
content: United States: Connecticut
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Virginia W. Booth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0093.022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cape
label: Object Type
content: Outerwear
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Cape
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: center back: 45 1/2 in; 115.57 cm