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Dress comprising blouse and skirt in raw umber and black fine gauge herringbone worsted wool

Claire McCardell1948/1954

Museum of the City of New York

Museum of the City of New York
New York, NY, United States

Raw umber and black fine gauge herringbone worsted wool dress. A: Waist-length blouse; back standing collar cut-in-one with shoulder panels; long batwing sleeeves; center front hook-and-eye closure. B: Dirndl skirt, mid-calf length; side-seamed front panel fully gathered over stomach, straight from hips to symmetrically positioned deep single knife pleats facing center, joined to waistband; center front hook-and-eye closure; unlined. Labels, A: claire mccardell clothes / by townley ; Sports & Country Clothes / Lord & Taylor / Fifth Avenue. Worn by Rosemary Barnsdall Blackmon.

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  • Title: Dress comprising blouse and skirt in raw umber and black fine gauge herringbone worsted wool
  • Creator: Claire McCardell
  • Creator Birth Date: 1905
  • Creator Death Date: 1958
  • Date Created: 1948/1954
  • Provenance: Worn by Rosemary Barnsdall Blackmon.
  • Type: Dress (garment)
  • Medium: Wool (textile), Metal fastener
  • Fashion house, designer, label: Lord & Taylor / Townley Frocks
Museum of the City of New York

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