Ensemble comprising coat, wrap skirt, knickers, blouse, scarf and belt

Accession number 81.134.2A-F

Unique identifier MNY170577

Description A: Pale cocoa Austrian loden cloth coat; open sack; below--knee length; collarless round neckline; shoulder seamed kimono sleeves; vertical side stand pockets; Liberty of London tan silk foulard printed in red, green and blue diamond motif lining. B: Wrap skirt of slightly darker loden cloth; below-knee length; right over left front cross over, non-functional buttonholes with two mother of pearl buttons; concealed snap closure; unlined. C: Matching silk foulard knickers, below-knee length; back metal zipper, dart fitted at hips; topstitched bandless waist; unlined; Vera Maxwell hanging tabs. D: Matching foulard seamed blouse; dutch collar; saddle shoulder long sleeve, french cuffs; six covered buttons center front closure, hook and eye at neck. E: Matching foulard scarf, tube construction; oblique ends. F: Lightly contoured belt; foulard band flanked by loden ends; convex metal buckle; vinyl backed. Label, D: Vera Maxwell Original. Ensemble designed for American women to accomodate intercontinental airplane travel.

Dated 1956

Object Type belt (costume accessory), blouse (main garment), coat (garment), ensemble (costume), scarf (costume accessory), skirt (garment), trousers

Medium mother of pearl, silk (textile), wool (textile)

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

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