dress
date: label: Date made
content: 1970-1973
name: label: wearer
content: McCain, Roberta
label: maker
content: Carol and Mary
notes: label: Description
content: Green, lavender, magenta, and coral tropical leaf and floral print on off-white organza; scoop neckline in front; very low scoop neckline in back; deep ruffle all around neckline; center back opening; fastens with white nylon zipper, with hook and eye at neckline; sheer long sleeves, with gathered flounce at elbow and ruffle at bottom; lined in off-white taffeta, with interlining; slightly raised waistline; attached wide grosgrain ribbon belt, tacked on around waistline, fastens with hook and eye under bow with long streamers at center back; gathered skirt with flounce beginning at knee and ruffle at bottom; underskirts, attached at waistline, of sheer off-white organza, with horsehair band around bottom, over off-white taffeta.
label: Description
content: Label text: Carol + Mary / Honolulu
label: Description
content: Worn by donor Roberta McCain, who at the time of the donation remarked, "I simply bought clothes that I felt appropriate for a woman my age."
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 Roberta McCain
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0224.011
label: accession number
content: 2003.0224
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0224.011
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Dress
label: Object Type
content: Entire Body
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: center back: 45 1/2 in; 115.57 cm
label: Measurements
content: waistline: 28 in; 71.12 cm