dress, 3-piece
date: label: date made
content: 1970-1979
notes: label: Description
content: (a) DRESS: Plus-size orange floral, floor-length, sleeveless dress with over-layer of orange gauze extending from shoulders. Beige rayon lining. Orange fabric decorated w/green branches w/large white blossoms w/purple centers; orange at bust & upper back fades to lighter orange towards shoulders .Round (8.25" diameter) light pink area (a moon?) at top of chest and upper R back. Slightly flared sides & lightly scooped neckline in front; high in back. From underarms to hem an unlined orange gusset 3" wide at underarm and 5" at hem. Slit 11.5" high at CB hem. CB 21" metal zipper at neck. Over-layer has opening CB down 20" from neckline; closes w/5 tiny snaps covered in orange; 4 snaps missing. Hook & eye closure at neck. (b) JACKET: Sleeveless, unstructured jacket of orange gauze w/same floral pattern as dress. CF opening w/hook & threaded eye at top; 12" slits for entry of arms. (c) SCARF: Of same orange gauze w/flower pattern. Made of 2 panels of fabric w/floral decorations on ends and plain orange area at ctr where panels join; rolled hem. Scarfl tapers at ends w/bottom slightly longer than top.
label: Description
content: Several photographs of donor wearing this dress in the Archives Center, Collection No. 1417, Isabel Norniella Papers. Dress purchased "off the rack."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
topic: label: used
content: Latino
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Isabel Norniella
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0119.02
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0119.02
label: accession number
content: 2017.0119
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress, 3-piece
label: Object Type
content: Dress
label: Object Type
content: Woman
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rayon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall dress center back: 51 1/2 in; 130.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall dress chest width laid flat: 24 1/4 in; 61.595 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall jacket center back: 43 in; 109.22 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall scarf: 16 1/4 in; 41.275 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall scarf length top edge: 100 1/2 in; 255.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall scarf length bottom edge: 115 in; 292.1 cm