dress
date: label: Date made
content: 1963-1965
name: label: maker
content: Arthur McGee
notes: label: Description
content: Dress; black knit; sleeveless sheath; scoop neckline in front; wide, tapered straps over shoulders; deep square neckline in back; turned-up hem around bottom; black bias binding along inside edges of straps, armholes & neckline; binding also on hem; made from one length of fabric with center seam up back; bust darts; measures 28" (71.1 cm) down CB
label: Description
content: Made for donor by designer, during the time she worked with him as his assistant at various sportswear houses, from 1962-1967.
label: Description
content: This dress was collected by the museum because of its simple construction which is one of Arthur McGee's designing traits.
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 Frances O. Carrio
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0164.002
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0164.002
label: accession number
content: 1993.0164
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress