suit, 3-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1960 - 1965
name: label: designer
content: Chanel, Gabrielle
notes: label: Description
content: Yellow and white; JACKET has long set-in sleeves with 3 gold colored button closures at wrist; neckline has 2-tiered fold down collar lined with ivory; center front opening has 5 gold button closures and one snap closure at neckline; center front collar has 2 hook and eye closures; side back pieces cut so side overlaps front and extension of back forms patch pocket on lower fronts; fully lined with ivory lining fabric; gold chain stitched along hem of lining. SKIRT: Yellow and white; 3 gores; center back zipper opening with 2 hook and eye closures at waist; back gore overlap front to form 4/18" pleats which are stitched to within 9.5" of hem; fully lined with ivory lining fabric; BLOUSE: yellow, sleeveless; stand up collar left side opening with 5 snap closures along shoulder seam and 9 yellow button closures and 2 snap closures down opening; opening hidden by four vertical pleats down each side of front.
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 Ambassador George Feldman and Miss Margot Feldman from the collection and in memory of Marion Schulman Feldman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0198.00001
label: accession number
content: 1983.0198
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Suit, 3-Piece
label: Object Type
content: Suit
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Other Terms
content: Suit, 3-Piece; Entire Body; Main Dress; Female
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1110 mm x 510 mm; 43 11/16 in x 20 3/32 in
label: Measurements
content: skirt: 590 mm x 485 mm; 23 7/32 in x 19 3/32 in
label: Measurements
content: jacket: 610 mm x 510 mm; 24 1/32 in x 20 3/32 in