dress, 2-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1981
name: label: user
content: Patterson, Mary Marvin Breckinridge
label: maker
content: Tanner
notes: label: Description
content: Dress, 2 piece; dress - navy linen-weave; V-shaped neckline in F, round in B; CF opening, down the entire length of the dress, closes with 9 ochre buttons and sewn buttonholes; buttons are sewn on w/ green thread to match kelly green piping in the same type of fabric around neckline, down edges of F opening, trimming edge of turned-up cuffs on set-in short sleeves; green piping around shoulder yoke seam in F and along edge of breast patch pocket, LF; dress falls straight from under arms; green thread belt loops; side seam pocket; navy narrow doubled bias ribbon bra-strap holder inside shoulders, w/ snap at end to fasten to snap sewn on inside shoulder; dress measures 42" (106.7 cm) down CB; belt - 3/8" (1 cm) wide, covered in green plastic w/ rectangular buckle.
label: Description
content: Label text: Tanner / 16 / Machine Wash Warm / No Bleach. Tumble / Dry Low HEat / Steam Press Warm / Iron
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Jefferson Patterson (Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0398.008
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 2-Piece