dress, 1-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1969-1974
name: label: user
content: Booth, Virginia
label: maker
content: P. J. Walsh
label: purchased at
content: Lord & Taylor
label: maker
content: P. J. Walsh
notes: label: Description
content: Yellow knit; halter top with thin tube straps, with knots near ends; deep V-neckline in front; straight across back; center back opening with yellow nylon zipper closure; surplice bodice front, with long tie attached at end of right overlap and left underlap; raised wiatline; gathered full length skirt; side seam pockets
label: Description
content: Label text: P.J. Walsh / New York
label: Description
content: Worn by donor Virginia "Jimmie" Booth for dinner and parties. This type of dress was worn as casual evening chic, when dressing-up was antifashion at the time. Booth was a cook, hostess, and sometimes entertainer at her restaurant in Connecticut, the Golden Lamb Buttery. Booth was also a buyer for Lord & Taylor and well-connected in the fashion industry.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: made 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: 2000.0093.012
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0093.012
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: 47 1/2 in; 120.65 cm