dress
date: label: Date made
content: 1957-1967
name: label: maker
content: Christian Dior, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Main dress; entire body; Dior, Christian; navy faille; shawl, attached across back of bodice; ends of shawl at right and left front are inserted into slits under large lapels; lapels form wide V neckline in front, with seamed and shirred band attached to undersides of lapels at botton; right lapel unfolds into triangular front edge which is sewn over left edge to form double breasted appearance, with single row of buttons and fake bound buttonhole at left; bottom edges sland up from waistline, so fabric panel sewn in behind overlap; short raglan sleeves have turned up cuffs; left side seam opening fastens with metal zipper; skirt has short stitched down pleats at extreme right and left, front and back; side seam pockets, right and left front, have slanted openings with turned down cuffs with pointed ends; long, narrow skirt with long slit up center back; shawl lined in dark blue taffeta
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. B. Carpenter in memory of Mrs. Walter Willard Boyd
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0698.016
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0698.016
label: accession number
content: 1991.0698
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress