dress
date: label: Date made
content: 1951-1956
name: label: maker
content: Townley
label: maker
content: McCardell, Claire
notes: label: Description
content: Light brown jersey with long white fibers woven in forming slightly hairy texture; round neck, R & B; slits at shoulder seams, both sides, extending from neck, which fasten with black hooks and brown thread loops; long narrow dolman sleeves; F empire waistline; double crossover pleats at R & L, sewn into empire seam; B waistline curves down from F to natural length; in B; L side placket opening; slightly flared skirt, inverted pleats at R & LB form B panel; slit pockets inserted in seams hidden beneath panel at both sides; LB pocket extends horizontally over RB pocket beneath panel at hip; pockets lined in brown fabric.
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 Carol R. Bare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0720.002
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0720.002
label: accession number
content: 1991.0720
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall center back: 40 in; 101.6 cm