suit, 3-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1994
name: label: maker
content: Sedrak Balian
notes: label: Description
content: Suit, 3-piece; Jacket: white lace overlay; pale blue denim underneath exposed as shawl collar and front patch pocket at ech hem with silver cord trim; four smoky-tone transparent plastic buttons rimmed in silver wire braid, vertically set in top center of each pocket; two more buttons set at either end of back waist tab in similar fabric and trim as the pockets; similar large button set on either side of center front opening, joined by silver metal chain; short set-in sleeves; blue organza lining; CB length: 33 1/2" (85 cm); Blouse: halter-style; denim V-shaped neckline in one with banding 1 3/4" wide along armseyes, either side of center front closure and shallow V-shaped back panel; lace with no backing everywhere else; four buttons along front closure match those on jacket; bottom of front closure panels end in points; CB length: 9 1/2" (24 cm); Skirt: denim with white lace hem trim 5 1/4" wide; mini A-line style skirt seamed to 1" wide waistband; white zipper with hook and eye set in side seam; blue organza lining; CB length: 17 3/4" (45.1 cm).
label: Description
content: Label text: S. Balian Designs
label: Description
content: Custom-made for donor by Lebanese-born designer Sedrak Balian while donor was visiting Beverly Hills, CA shortly after her husband died.
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Lilly F. Lawrence
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1995.0092.002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Suit, 3-piece