Dinner suit — Accession 2009.300.171a, b

Name: Dinner suit — Accession 2009.300.171a, b
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Dinner suit — Accession 2009.300.171a, b. Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Date: spring/summer 1946; Makers: Mainbocher, Mainbocher; Medium: wool

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Object: Dinner suit
Accession number: 2009.300.171a, b
Date: spring/summer 1946
Makers: Mainbocher
Mainbocher
Medium: wool
Dimensions: —
Classification: —
Department: Costume Institute
Culture: American
Credit line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 1954
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
House: Mainbocher
Garment family: daywear
Era: Wartime & utility (1940–1946)
Season: spring/summer
Material family: wool