dress
date: label: Date made
content: 1973-1979
name: label: designer
content: Lauren, Ralph
label: purchased at
content: Lord & Taylor
label: user
content: Booth, Virginia
label: maker
content: Lauren, Ralph
label: maker
content: Lauren, Ralph
notes: label: Description
content: Red, teal and purple and yellow Madras plaid shirtdress; rolled collar; turn-back lapels form V-neckline; short set-in sleeves; front wrap opening; bodice with wide tie attached at side; left tie goes through small slit in right side, to tie to right tie in front; very flared skirt; side seam pockets
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. She was married to H. Robert Booth of Hillandale Handweavers, which influenced her to promote American and European hand-loomed fabrics. In the 1950s and 60s, she also modeled many of the designs she sought to promote. 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: United States: New York, New York City
label: made in
content: China: Hong Kong
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 Booth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0093.008
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress
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: 53 1/2 in; 135.89 cm