dress, 2-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1950
notes: label: Description
content: Dress; off-white twill fabric, brushed inside surface, w/ green polka-dots; dress - round neckline; CB bodice and skirt placket opening, fastens with 3 blakc metal snaps; placket covers snaps, opening, and extends to bottom of skirt in CB; long sleeves w/ gathers at the shoulders and turned up hems at bottom; raised waistline; gathered skirt; patch pocket at RF hip; turned-up hem at bottom, machine stitched; dress measures 18 1/2" (47 cm) down CB; panties - match dress; elastic in small tunnel just below top, creating small ruffle around top and fullness below; hemmed leg holes; panties cut in one continuous piece, F & B, extending under crotch; measure 11" (28 cm) down CB.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Jefferson Patterson (Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0398.005
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 2-Piece