dress, 2-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1946-1948
name: label: maker
content: Bonnie Ball
notes: label: Description
content: Dress, 2-piece; bridesmaid, Jr.; yellow; organdy dress has wide round collar with 3 strips of inset white floral lace across F, the R & L insets angled outward; lace ruffle, around edge; 4 tiny pearl buttons fasten CB placket opening; set-in short puffed sleeves, slits up C of outside and bottom of sleeve trimmed w/ ruffled lace; attached waistband on lace over satin ribbon, pleated organdy ties attached at side seams end w/ lace strip; bodice slightly gathered across F; gathered skirt, full-length; deep hem w/ inset lace just above; 6 tucks, in two groups of three, above inset lace; rayon(?) slip has round neck, F & B; sleeveless; 2 placket openings, L side, near waistline, fastens w/ snaps and hook; skirt has 6 tucks and 2 ruffled strips of net near bottom; dress measures 47" (119.3 cm) down CB; slip measures 43 1/2" (110.5 cm) down CB.
label: Description
content: Label text: Bonnie Ball / Originals
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. B. Carpenter in memory of Mrs. Walter Willard Boyd
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0698.003
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 2-Piece