pantsuit, 4-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1954-1961
name: label: used by
content: Booth, Virginia
label: purchased at
content: Lord & Taylor
label: made by
content: Phelps
label: maker
content: Phelps
notes: label: Description
content: Orange poplin skirt, shirt and shorts and orang/yellow and black on white leaf and bird print blouse; SHIRT - band collar; center front snap opening, long set-in seleves; top stitched edges; curved bottom BLOUSE - rolled collar with curved point; center front snap opening; front and back shoulder yoke; long set-in sleeves; SKIRT - A-line; back wrap overlap with narrow ties; long belt loops, with rivets, at side seams; deep patch pockets; SHORTS - Bermuda style; front zipper opening; curved side seam patch pockets; 5 belt loops with rivets
label: Description
content: Label text: Phelps / Deep Country Clothes / 12 / Medium Long / The Country Clothes Shop / Lord & Taylor
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. Booth encouraged Elizabeth Phelps to design "Deep Country Clothes" exclusively for Lord & Taylor. Phelps Associates accessories were frequently shown with Claire McCardell and Clare Potter clothes. Phelps received a Coty Award in 1944 for their leather accessories. Archival materials from Booth can be found in Archives Center collection NMAH.AC.0729.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: 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: 2000.0093.024
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pant Suit, 4-piece
label: Object Name
content: pantsuit, 4-piece
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Pantsuit
label: Object Type
content: Entire Body
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: shirt center back: 26 1/2 in; 67.31 cm
label: Measurements
content: blouse center back: 24 3/4 in; 62.865 cm
label: Measurements
content: skirt center back: 25 3/4 in; 65.405 cm
label: Measurements
content: shorts inseam: 8 1/4 in; 20.955 cm