dress, 1-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1973-1977
name: label: maker
content: Thorpe, Mildred
notes: label: Description
content: Dress, 1-piece; floral print with vertical bands of varying widths in blue, green, and lilac on white ground; CF opening to below hips fastens with zipper, which begins several inches below neckline; F edges above zipper fold back into lapels, leaving V-shaped opening; round neck in B; neck and F edges self bound; short, set-in sleeves; triangular piece sewn on at side waist; bodice pleated above triangle, F & B; patch pockets at F hips; skirt flared at sides; flange pleats at B shoulders, extend down B sides to become central pleat at triangle; measures 40 1/2" (102.9 cm) down CB.
label: Description
content: Used as housedress.
label: Description
content: Used as housedress. Made by wearer Ruth E. Lander's mother (who had been dressmaker when young) from pattern that Lander liked and had been wearing for years.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Carol E. Porter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0204.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 1-Piece