dress, 2-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1959
name: label: maker
content: Traina Norell
label: designer
content: Norell, Norman
label: gift of
content: Cooley, Katharine S.
label: maker
content: Traina Norell
label: maker
content: Norell, Norman
notes: label: Description
content: Black wool crepe dress and jacket that give illusion of being one piece; DRESS-bodice portion of china silk with raised waistline, sleeveless with scoop neckline; two tucks on either side of center front and center back of bodice; high-waisted wool crepe straight skirt with two long darts at either side of center front and back to slightly shape upper body and fit smoothly over hips; metal zipper closure on left side with hook and eye at underarm; opened left shoulder seam which fastens with two hooks-and-eyes; five-inch turned up skirt hem; dress is lined in china silk; JACKET-black wool crepe, buttoning at center back; four 1 3/8" black plastic buttons; bound buttonholes; three-inch wide grosgrain ribbon attached at lower edge of jacket to form a midriff band; large ribbon rosette attached at center front of midriff band; scoop neckline; elbow-length kimono sleeves (sleeves are cut in one with the jacket); shaped side-panels that join gusset at underarm; two tucks on either side of center front and center back; jacket lined in china silk.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: purchased in
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Prentiss Cooley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.228279.001
label: catalog number
content: 228279.001
label: accession number
content: 228279
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 2-Piece
label: Other Terms
content: Dress, 2-Piece; Entire Body; Main Dress; Female
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: dress center back: 40 in; 101.6 cm
label: Measurements
content: dress: 40 in; 101.6 cm
label: Measurements
content: jacket: 14 in; 35.56 cm