dress, 2-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1956-1975
name: label: maker
content: Helga
notes: label: Description
content: Dress, 1-piece; dark & medium red abstract pattern on magenta ground; dress is sheath with V-neckline, F & B; cap sleeves; CB opening, fastens w/ red metal zipper; zingle unpressed pleats in fabric at R & LF bustline, give fullness to bustline area; flat bow fastened to bias band at CF; bodice lined in fuchsia sheer fabric; white ribbon bra snaps inside shoulders, stitched in gold w/ store label; fitted jacket has large cape collar, shaped w/ darts to curve over shoulders; elbow length sleeves; CF opening, which fastens with 3 covered buttons, bound buttonholes, and hooks and snaps; ties at R & L under collar, to tie at LF neckline; weights sewn in to lining at several points around bottom; dress measures 37 1/4" (94.6 cm) down CB; jacket measures 19 3/4" (50.2 cm) down CB.
label: Description
content: Label text: Helga / Julius Garfinckel & Co. / Washington
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 J. B. Carpenter in memory of Mrs. Walter Willard Boyd
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0698.012
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0698.012
label: accession number
content: 1991.0698
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 2-Piece