dress, 2-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1950 - 1959
name: label: maker
content: Christian Dior, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Black wool sheath dress with jacket. Material is of alternating horizontal pin stripes of dull finish and glossy threads. Dress has boat neck, 3 inches lower in back than in front. 1 1/2-inch straps over shoulders. Jacket has 3/4-length sleeves and very deep neck in front with shawl collar coming to deep square corners at closing. Tailored bow at closing. Jacket and dress lined throughout with black silk organza. Waist - 28", shoulder to hem - 41". Christian Dior.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from General Services Administration
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.225495.002
label: catalog number
content: 225495.002
label: accession number
content: 225495
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 2-Piece
label: Other Terms
content: Dress, 2-Piece; Entire Body; Main Dress; Female