"The Moonstone" — Accession 2009.300.3249a, b

Name: "The Moonstone" — Accession 2009.300.3249a, b
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"The Moonstone" — Accession 2009.300.3249a, b. Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Date: spring/summer 1938; Makers: Elizabeth Hawes; Medium: silk

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Object: "The Moonstone"
Accession number: 2009.300.3249a, b
Date: spring/summer 1938
Makers: Elizabeth Hawes
Medium: silk
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 Mrs. V. D. Crisp, 1963
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
House: —
Garment family: evening
Era: Bias-cut thirties (1930s)
Season: spring/summer
Material family: silk