Dress comprising blouse and skirt in raw umber and black fine gauge herringbone worsted wool
claire mccardell wiseman (1905 – 1958)
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Museum of the City of New York (New York City, United States of America)
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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.
About this artwork
- Title: Dress comprising blouse and skirt in raw umber and black fine gauge herringbone worsted wool
- Artist: claire mccardell wiseman
- Year: 1954
- Format: Square
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Museum of the City of New York
- Color palette: Pastels
- Perceived brightness: brilliant

