dress, 1-piece
name: label: user
content: Booth, Virginia
label: maker
content: Clare Potter
label: designer
content: Clare Potter
label: sold at
content: Lord & Taylor
label: fabric from
content: Liberty & Co.
label: maker
content: Clare Potter
notes: label: Description
content: Blue, purple and gray Jacobean floral Liberty of Lond print on white poplin ground ; loose boat neckline in front; straight neckline n back; center back opening fastens with white metal zipper; shoulder seam gathered in front; sleeveless; narrow self-piping around armhole; fitted bodice; inverted pleat bust darts; curved Empire waistline in front; A-line skirt
label: Description
content: Label text: Clare Potter
label: Description
content: Donor Virginia "Jimmie" Booth was a buyer for Lord & Taylor and was involved in Lord & Taylor's American Look program of the 1930s to 60s. American Look promoted American designers, and L&T president Dorothy Shaver chose designer Clare Potter early on for the program. Since the 1950s Booth was a close friend of Potter. According to Booth, Potter mostly used Liberty of London fabric. Archival materials from Booth, including sketches from Potter, can be found in Archives Center collection NMAH.AC.0729.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used in
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: used in
content: United States: Connecticut
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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: 2000.0093.003
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0093.003
label: accession number
content: 2000.0093
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress, 1-piece
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Dress
label: Object Type
content: Entire Body
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: center back: 40 7/8 in; 103.8225 cm