Lord & Taylor Woman's Suit (Two-Piece)
date: label: date made
content: 1949-1953
name: label: used by
content: Booth, Virginia
label: made for
content: Lord & Taylor
label: purchased by
content: Lord & Taylor
label: maker
content: Lord & Taylor
notes: label: Description
content: Though Lord & Taylor is based in New York City, this suit was made in England for the brand. The donor was hired by Dorothy Shaver, the store's first female president, to develop a country clothes shop for the flagship store.
label: Description
content: The suit is made of black, gray, and yellow tweed. A rolled collar is featured on the jacket with notched lapels and a five-button center front opening. The buttons are large and covered in black leather. The jacket has long, set-in sleeves and two-button turned-up cuffs. With a fitted shape and front slanted hip pockets, the jacket is lined in gold taffeta.
label: Description
content: The skirt has a waistband and a left side-seam zipper opening. It pleats in the center front and center back on the lower edge, and it is lined with yellow taffeta
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: used in
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: used in
content: United States: Connecticut
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: American Enterprise
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: 2000.0093.020
label: accession number
content: 2000.0093
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0093.20
objectType: label: Object Name
content: suit, 2-piece
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Suit
label: Object Type
content: Entire Body
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: jacket center back: 24 1/2 in; 62.23 cm
label: Measurements
content: skirt center back: 31 1/2 in; 80.01 cm