dress, 2-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1976
name: label: maker
content: Parnis, Mollie
notes: label: Description
content: Purple, lilac, turquoise, spring green, and pink floral print on very pale pink organza; evening; DRESS bodice lined in cream peau de soie; wide curved neckline in front; deep V-neckline in back; bias ruffle trim all around neckline edge; CB opening; off-white nylon zipper closure, extending into skirt; hook and eye at top; two snaps fastening organza over zipper, one at waistline, and one in skirt; set-in unlined sleeve, with bias ruffle at bottom; fitted bodice; waistline seam; belt loops at waistline sides; flared skirt in three layers: print organza over plain white organza, over cream peau de soie; BELT of organza print is wide bias-cut band with slanted ends.
label: Description
content: Label text: Mollie Parnis Boutique / New York
label: Description
content: Donor Cherie D. Cannon was the wife of James M. Cannon, Domestic Policy Adviser to President Gerald R. Ford. She wore this dress to the 1976 state dinner honoring Queen Elizabeth II.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Cherie D. Cannon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0173.003
label: accession number
content: 2003.0173
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0173.003
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 2-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: 43 1/2 in; 110.49 cm
label: Measurements
content: waistline: 26 1/2 in; 67.31 cm
label: Measurements
content: belt width: 15 1/4 in; 38.735 cm
label: Measurements
content: belt length: 146 in; 370.84 cm