dress, 1-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1953
name: label: maker
content: Traina Norell
notes: label: Description
content: Dress, 1-piece; red chiffon; sleeveless; plain high neckline in front that lowers to a slightly rounded one at back; self-fabric binding around neckline extends into two ties at CB neckline; CB opening with five self-covered button closures in bodice; full skirt narrowly pleated to bodice at wasitline seam; separate red silk fabric lining is cut straight and attached to waistline seam; lining has kick pleat at CF; wide 13" hem in skirt; matching red leather contour belt
label: Description
content: Label text: Traina-Norell / New York / 25 1/2 / Norman Norell
label: Description
content: Donor was a Traina Norell model from 1951 to 1958. She wore this dress to many weddings and receptions and numerous dinners and cocktail parties.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Richard V. Hare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0286.002
label: accession number
content: 1977.0286
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0286.002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 1-piece