dress, 2-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1958-1968
name: label: maker
content: Branell
notes: label: Description
content: Dress; blue and turquoise print on white ground; dress has wide neckline; top edge of F is scalloped; loosely tacked to scalloped band, which is gathered w/ elastic at inside; CF bodice is gathered into small tucks, below top edge; self-fabric bow attached below tucks; cap sleeves formed from bodice fabric; CB opening past skirt, fastens w/ white metal 22" (56 cm) zipper; skirt has flat pleats from waistline seam at R & L, F & B; stiff lining of sheer fabric from waistline to bottom of hips; elastic strip sewn in at C bottom of inner band, w/ hook and eve at ends, to fasten around in B to prevent gaps(?); self-fabric-covered belt is wider in B than in F; fabric covered buckle and sewn holes; buleu enamel metal tongues; white plastic lining; measures 41 5/8" (105.7 cm) down CB.
label: Description
content: Label text: 14 825 21 / Ruth Chagnon / delray beach nantucket / by Branell
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 J. B. Carpenter in memory of Mrs. Walter Willard Boyd
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0698.017
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0698.017
label: accession number
content: 1991.0698
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 2-Piece