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mid 1950s
Claire McCardell
Jacket: Center back: 48.3 cm (19 in.)
Skirt: Center back: 74.9 cm (29 1/2 in.)
Height x length: 5.1 x 94 cm (2 x 37 in.)
Classification: Costumes
Culture: American
Accession number: 2011.497.1-3
Description: Jacket of a woman's suit in three parts. Three shiney domed bress? buttons. Self-fabric loops for belt at the waist. Wide round collar. Lined with label on inside at neck reading, "claire mccardell clothes by townley." Black wool skirt. Black leather belt with metal buckle and end tip in brass-like yellow metal plate.
Provenance/Ownership History: 2011, purchased by Pam Parmal from Ebay; 2011, gift of Parmal to the MFA. (Accession date: September 21, 2011)
Gift of Pamela Parmal in memory of Dolores Parmal