dress, 1-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1971
name: label: maker
content: Mainbocher
label: maker
content: Mainbocher
notes: label: Description
content: Cream chiffon over matching crepe; ciffon overbodice has jewel neckline; center back slit opening; sleeveless; neckline and armholes have narrow piping; gathers around neckline, along shoulder seams, and around waistline; underbodice of crepe has straight upper edge, front and back; shoulder strpas criss-cross in front; center back opening; zipper closure, extending into skirt; very full gathered chiffon overskirt; loose chiffon skirt panels attached at sides; A-line underskirt; attached beaded gold and rhinestone waistband
label: Description
content: Label text: 104S71
label: Description
content: Donor's mother, Josephine Guenzer, was one of Mainbocher's assistants at his salon in New York, during the 1960s and until the early 1970s when it closed in '71. This was sample #104 from the Spring 1971 collection.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Geraldine Oberling
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0274.006
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 1-Piece
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
label: Object Type
content: Dress
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Entire Body
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: center back: 59 in; 149.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: waist: 24 in; x 60.96 cm