belt
date: label: Date made
content: 1953-1958
name: label: used by
content: Booth, Virginia
label: maker
content: Phelps
label: purchased at
content: Lord & Taylor
label: maker
content: Phelps
notes: label: Description
content: Brown leather with mottled, smooth finish; constructed in three parts: 2 wide shaped pieces and one narrower band belt with holes and shaped brass buckle at other end; band belt passes through slits in other pieces and joins them; ends of first piece attached to inside of second with inside keepers, stitched on with thick beige thread
label: Description
content: Marks: PHELPS IM
label: Description
content: Maker won a Coty Award in 1944. Their big leather belt, bag and shoulder bag were used by Claire McCardell and Clare Potter with their collections and featured in fashion magazines in the 1940s-1950s. 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. Booth worked with Phelps through Lord & Taylor.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: 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: 2000.0093.035
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Belt
label: Object Type
content: Accessories Worn on the Body
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Belt
label: Object Type
content: Waistwear
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in; 80.645 cm x 8.5725 cm