suit, 3-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1962-1967
name: label: used by
content: Booth, Virginia
label: maker
content: Davidow
label: fabric made by
content: Hillandale Handweavers
label: purchased at
content: Lord & Taylor
label: maker
content: Davidow
notes: label: Description
content: Gold, olive drab and rust boucle twill tweed jacke tand skirt with yellow crepe blouse; JACKET - V neck Chanel-style; 3 gold filigree button center front opening; patch pockets; border band along all edges; button trim on sleeve; gold crepe lining; BLOUSE - round neck; sleeveless; tucked bib at front; self-binding on neckline and armhole; 6 button center back opening; tab with buttonhole bottom of center front; short ties at center front neckline; SKIRT - A-line; waistband with gold button at center front waistband; gold crepe lining
label: Description
content: Label text: London Paris / Davidow / New York / Made in U.S.A. / The Country Clothes Shop / Lord & Taylor
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. American Look was developed to promote American designers. Davidow, founded in 1880, made Chanel-like suits with trims of woolly braids. Booth's father-in-law's business, Hillandale Handweavers, supplied handwoven fabric to the firm in the 1960s. Archival materials from Booth can be found in Archives Center collection NMAH.AC.0729.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: purchased in
content: United States: New York, New York City
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 W. Booth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0093.015
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Suit, 3-piece
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Suit
label: Object Type
content: Entire Body
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: jacket center back: 23 in; 58.42 cm
label: Measurements
content: blouse center back: 22 1/4 in; 56.515 cm
label: Measurements
content: skirt center back: 27 1/4 in; 69.215 cm