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- Light grey wool dress designed by Arthur McGee
Light grey wool dress designed by Arthur McGee
Object Details
- Description
- Light grey wool dress designed by Arthur McGee. The body of the dress is cut straight with seams at the center front and center back. It opens at the center front bodice, fastening with eight (8) large pale yellow glass globe buttons over self-fabric loops, with the buttons clumped in pairs. The dress has a folded standing collar that extends at each front side to tie at the center front neck. The ties are tapered, getting wider at the ends. The sleeves are full-length and cut straight. Two (2) patch pockets with rounded bottom corners are sewn one at each front side waist. The bottom seam of the back yoke comes to a point at the center. The dress is not lined and there are no labels.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- mid 20th-late 20th century
- Object number
- 2007.3.63
- Designed by
- Arthur McGee, American, 1933 - 2019
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- dresses
- Medium
- wool with glass buttons
- Dimensions
- H x W (flat): 44 × 18 1/2 in. (111.8 × 47 cm)
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- Black Fashion Museum Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Topic
- African American
- Clothing and dress
- Design
- Fashion
- Fashion design
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2007.3.63
- Usage
- CC0
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