dress, 1-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1955-1963
name: label: user
content: Booth, Virginia
label: designer
content: Nina Ricci
label: maker
content: Nina Ricci
label: label
content: Mademoiselle Ricci
label: purchased at
content: Lord & Taylor
label: maker
content: Mademoiselle Ricci
label: maker
content: Nina Ricci
notes: label: Description
content: Black slubbed twill; boat neckline across front; flat bows where shoulder straps attached; additional strap from one shoulder strap to the other, extending along back neckline, with hook and eye closure at left strap; deep scooped neckline in back, bound with continuation of shoulder straps; center back opening with metal zipper closure and hook and loop at top; unpressed box pleats at right and left, front and back; slightly A-line full-length skirt; lined
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. Lord & Taylor sold Mademoiselle Nina Ricci - a ready-to-wear line from the couture house in Paris. 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: France: Île-de-France, Paris
label: made in
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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: 2000.0093.011
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0093.011
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: center back: 45 3/4 in; 116.205 cm