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

Creator Claire McCardell (1905-1958), Lord & Taylor, Townley Frocks

Accession number 83.180.1AB

Unique identifier MN190562

Description 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.

Dated 1948-1954

Object Type dress (garment)

Medium metal fastener, wool (textile)

File dimensions 18.3 in × 18.3 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 46.5 cm at 300dpi