suit, 5-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1962-1967
name: label: maker
content: Davidow
label: purchased at
content: Lord & Taylor
label: fabric maker
content: Hillandale Handweavers
label: used by
content: Booth, Virginia
label: maker
content: Davidow
notes: label: Description
content: Black and off-white large houndstooth boucle tweed jacket with 2 skirts, blouse and belt; JACKET - Peter Pan collar; 4 button center front opening; long inset sleeves; slightly fitted shape; lower half fabric on bias; royal blue lining; BLOUSE - sleeveless with tweed on the bias; lined; SKIRT 1 - straight; SKIRT 2 - pleated with stitched down box pleasted; BELT - with covered buckle
label: Description
content: Label text: London Paris / Davidow / New York / Made in U.S.A. / 12 249
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 suits and coats in fine woolens and coordinating fabrics that changed subtly each year. Booth's father-in-law's business, Hillandale Handweavers, supplied the Davidow firm with handwoven "Tweeds From The Farm." 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: 2000.0093.016
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Suit, 5-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: 22 in; 55.88 cm
label: Measurements
content: blouse center back: 19 1/2 in; 49.53 cm
label: Measurements
content: skirt 1 center back: 26 1/4 in; 66.675 cm
label: Measurements
content: skirt 2 center back: 26 in; 66.04 cm
label: Measurements
content: belt overall: 1 in x 33 7/8 in; 2.54 cm x 86.0425 cm