dress, 1-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1963-1966
name: label: user
content: Booth, Virginia
label: designer
content: Donald Davies
label: purchased at
content: Lord & Taylor
label: maker
content: Knight & Petch
label: maker
content: Donald Davies
notes: label: Description
content: Purple, green and mustard plaid; coarse weave; DRESS - has rolled collar; center front placket opening; single smoked pearl button closure at center front neckline; shoulder yoke; set-in elbow-length sleeves; rolled-up cufs; chemise-straight sides; patch pockets; overlapped side seam slits at bottom; BELT - wide band slanted at one end and gathered into covered buckle at other end
label: Description
content: Label text: Donald Davies / Made in Ireland by / Knight & Petch (Dublin) Ltd. / 100% Pure Wool / Size Medium
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. She was married to H. Robert Booth of Hillandale Handweavers, which influenced her to promote American and European hand-loomed fabrics.
label: Description
content: Booth was instrumental in bringing Donald Davies to design clothes for the American audience. He was one of a group of Irish designers who adapted their business so as to market his products in the US at Lord & Taylor. Davies opened a shop in New York in 1972.
label: Description
content: Archival materials from Booth can be found in Archives Center collection NMAH.AC.0729.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Ireland: Dublin, Dublin
label: made in
content: Ireland
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: 2000.0093.010
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0093.010
label: accession number
content: 2000.0093
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 1-piece
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Dress
label: Object Type
content: Entire Body
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: dress center back: 46 3/4 in; 118.745 cm
label: Measurements
content: belt overall: 5 1/2 in x 42 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 107.95 cm