Adrian Woman's Suit (Two-Piece)
date: label: date made
content: 1950
name: label: maker
content: Adrian
notes: label: Description
content: This suit is a gift of Mrs. Allen Sparrow, who said that though it was expensive, her husband in the film industry wanted her to dress well because of his position.
label: Description
content: Brown buttons close the slit openings of this jacket's long, set-in sleeves with heavy shoulder pads. The jacket has a pointed collar and an opening in the center front, also closed with two brown buttons at the upper front. Decorative fabric strips cross the front of the jacket, and the waistline seam at the front has a tie attached to the side back seams. There are more decorative strips in the upper back of the jacket, and it is lined with mauve crepe.
label: Description
content: The skirt is cut straight, with darts set into the waistband. It has seams in the center front and center back, a decorative diagonal strip from the right front to back, and a zipper opening on the left side.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: American Enterprise
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Allen Sparrow
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0057.002
label: accession number
content: 1978.0057
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0057.002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: suit, 2 piece
label: Other Terms
content: suit, 2 piece; Entire Body; Main Dress; Female