1-piece dress
date: label: date made
content: ca 1958
name: label: maker
content: Cassini, Oleg
notes: label: Description
content: Cotton chiffon dress in a multi-shaded green floral print with a few splashes of black. Shirred bodice; full gathered skirt extends to just below knee; a strapless neckline except for a narrow single strap on both sides; bodice boned in front; hidden light green metal zipper inset in center back. Above zipper is a metal hook and eye. Decorated with two moss-green cotton velveteen ribbon "flanges" that cross in center front. In the back the same ribbon (1.5" wide) borders the top of the dress with a folded bow covering the zipper; the bow has a snap on its left side which is snapped to the dress after being zipped into dress. Skirt is lined in an off-white organza. Skirt appears to have been shortened. Dress worn as part of donor's Maid of Cotton tour.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Jean Carter Fisher
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0229.01
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0229.01
label: accession number
content: 2011.0229
objectType: label: Object Name
content: 1-piece dress
label: Object Type
content: Dress
label: Object Type
content: Entire Body
label: Object Type
content: Woman
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Peter Pan Everglaze Minicare Supima cotton chiffon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton velveteen (decoration and bow material)
label: Measurements
content: bodice with straps: 15 in; 38.1 cm
label: Measurements
content: waist: 24 in; x 60.96 cm
label: Measurements
content: skirt length: 28 in; 71.12 cm