Hostess costume comprising green and gold lame jacket and black silk velvet pajama pants

Creator Jessie Franklin Turner (1881-1956)

Accession number 50.122.2AB

Unique identifier MNY131796

Description A: Green silk and gold lamé jacket; unfitted; hip-length; cardigan neckline; 3/4-length wide sleeves; applied bands of green silk with embroidered silver and gold metallic palmette design, down center front placket, around back yoke, and at shoulders; patch hip pockets; center front hook-and-eye closure; green silk lining; weight at center back hem. B: Black silk velvet pants; pajama-style; full-length; bias cut; high waist; wide hem; proper left side zipper. Label, A and B: Jessie Franklin Turner / 410 Park Avenue / New York. Designed for the donor, Mrs. Clarkson Runyon.

Dated 1942

Object Type evening jacket, evening pajamas, pants (trousers)

Medium lamé (textile), metallic thread, silk (textile), velvet (fabric weave)

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

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