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Woman's suit
English
late 1940s
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Jacket, skirt: Wool plain weave (crepe); rayon (?) plain weave
Dimensions
Center back (jacket): 59 cm (23 1/4 in.)
Center back (skirt): 65.6 cm (25 13/16 in.)
Center back (skirt): 65.6 cm (25 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession Number2010.1396.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBack wool crepe jacket trimmed in black satin with grossgrain collar. Three covered buttons down center front. Lined in black with one interior label: "lachasse/London." Black straight skirt with three pleats down center back. Zipper at right side. Interior lined in black with red "xxx" embroidered into the waistband to mark the skirt's center front.
ProvenanceBy 2010, with Leslie Verrinder, Tin Tin Collectables, London; 2010, sold by Verrinder to Frederic Sharf, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2010, year-end gift of Sharf to the MFA. (Accession date: January 26, 2011)